lamp | (noun) an artificial source of visible illumination | - |
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(noun) a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs | - |
lampblack | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot |
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lamphouse | (noun) housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) | Synonyms: lamp house, lamp housing |
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lamplight | (noun) light from a lamp | - |
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lamplighter | (noun) (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights | - |
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lamplit | (adjective) lighted by a lamp | - |
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lampoon | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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(verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: satirise, satirize |
lampooner | (noun) mimics literary or musical style for comic effect | Synonyms: parodist |
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lamppost | (noun) a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
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lamprey | (noun) primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue | Synonyms: lamper eel, lamprey eel |
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lampshade | (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, shade |
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lampshell | (noun) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide | Synonyms: brachiopod, lamp shell |
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