lamp

1. an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas
  table/desk/bedside lamp
  oil/electric/fluorescent lamp ⇨ fog lamp, headlamp, hurricane lamp, safety lamp, standard lamp
2. a piece of electrical equipment used to provide a special kind of heat, especially as a medical treatment
  infrared/ultraviolet lamp
⇨ sunlamp, blowlamp
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COLLOCATIONS■ verbs

   ▪ switch/turn on a lamp • Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
   ▪ switch/turn off a lamp • He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
   ▪ light a lamp • Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
   ▪ a lamp burns • A silver lamp burned on the altar.

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp

   ▪ a table/desk/bedside lamp • He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
   ▪ an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp (=lamps that you light with a flame) • The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
   ▪ a street lamp • Harry stopped under a street lamp.
   ▪ a hurricane lamp (=a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind)
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THESAURUS

   ▪ light something that produces light, especially electric light, to help you to see: • She switched the kitchen light on. | • The lights in the house were all off.
   ▪ lamp an object that produces light by using electricity, oil, or gas - often used in names of lights: • a bedside lamp | • a street lamp | • a desk lamp | • a table lamp | • an old oil lamp | • a paraffin lamp
   ▪ lantern a lamp that you can carry, consisting of a metal container with glass sides that surrounds a flame or light: • The miners used lanterns which were lit by candles.
   ▪ torch British English, flashlight American English a small electric lamp that you carry in your hand: • We shone our torches around the cavern.
   ▪ candle a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light: • The restaurant was lit by candles.
   ▪ bulb the glass part of an electric light, that the light shines from: • a 100 watt bulb | • an energy-saving light bulb

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamp

lamp [lamp lamps lamped lamping] noun, verb [læmp] [læmp]

noun

1. a device that uses electricity, oil or gas to produce light

• a table/desk/bicycle, etc. lamp

• to switch on/turn off a lamp

• a street lamp

see also fog lamp, hurricane lamp, lava lamp, standard lamp

2. an electrical device that produces rays of heat and that is used for medical or scientific purposes

• an infra-red/ultraviolet lamp

see also blowlamp, sunlamp

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek.

Thesaurus:

lamp noun C

• She switched off the lamp.

light • • lantern • |BrE torch • |especially AmE flashlight •

switch on/off a lamp/light/torch/flashlight

light a lamp/lantern

a lamp/light/lantern/torch shines

carry a lamp/lantern/torch/flashlight

Example Bank:

• An oil lamp burned in the darkness.

• The study was lit only by a small lamp.

• He got into bed and switched off the bedside lamp.

• She could see the rain in the light of the street lamps.

• The specimen was viewed under an ultraviolet lamp.

• There were oil lamps hanging over the veranda.

verb (BrE, informal)

to hit sb very hard

• ~ sb The guy lamped me.

• ~ sb sth I'd have lamped her one!

Word Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from late Latin lampada, from Latin lampas, lampad- ‘torch’, from Greek.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

lamp / læmp / noun [ C ]

A2 a device for giving light, especially one that has a covering or is contained within something:

an electric/oil/gas lamp

a street lamp

a table/bedside lamp

→ See also sunlamp

any of various devices that produce particular types of light:

an infrared lamp

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

lamp

/læmp/
(lamps)

1.
A lamp is a light that works by using electricity or by burning oil or gas.
She switched on the bedside lamp...
In the evenings we eat by the light of an oil lamp.
N-COUNT

2.
A lamp is an electrical device which produces a special type of light or heat, used especially in medical or beauty treatment.
...a sun lamp.
...the use of infra-red lamps.
N-COUNT: usu supp N

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lamp

lamp /ˈlæmp/ noun, pl lamps [count]
1 : a device that produces light
• turn on/off the lamp
• a street lamp
• a table/desk lamp
• an oil lamp [=a device that produces light by burning oil]
- see picture at living room; see also floor lamp