EGAVE

lamp

About 10.17 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
  2. noun A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
  3. noun A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
  4. noun An eye.
  5. verb To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
  6. verb To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
  7. verb To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
  8. verb To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.

Similar words

bulb flashlight lamppost lantern lighting dimmer searchlight wick lighter fire

Often followed by

and is in of was on to with or

Word family

lamps

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