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Definitions for Lamp

[1] any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
[2] a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of illumination.
[3] a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning.
[4] any of various devices furnishing heat, ultraviolet, or other radiation: an infrared lamp.
[5] a celestial body that gives off light, as the moon or a star.
[6] a torch.
[7] lamps, Slang . the eyes.
[8] Slang . to look at; eye.
[9] smell of the lamp , to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp.
[10] any of a number of devices that produce illumination an electric lamp ; a gas lamp ; an oil lamp (in combination ) lampshade
[11] a device for holding one or more electric light bulbs a table lamp
[12] a vessel in which a liquid fuel is burned to supply illumination
[13] any of a variety of devices that produce radiation, esp for therapeutic purposes an ultraviolet lamp

Words related to Lamp

light, flashlight, beacon, torch, searchlight, gaslight

Words nearby Lamp

lammas, lammastide, lammergeier, lamont, lamoureux, lamp, lamp chimney, lamp oil, lamp shell, lamp standard, lamp trimmer

Origin of Lamp

1150–1200; Middle English lampe < Old French < Late Latin lampada, for Latin lampas (stem lampad- ) < Greek lampás lamp; akin to lámpē torch, lamp, lámpein to shine

Other words from Lamp

lamp·less , adjective

Word origin for Lamp

C13 lampe, via Old French from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein to shine

Synonyms for Lamp

flashlight, light, beacon, gaslight, searchlight, torch, gas lamp, hurricane lamp, kerosene lamp