lamp
31lamp */*/ — UK [læmp] / US noun [countable] Word forms lamp : singular lamp plural lamps 1) a) an electric light, especially a small one, that stands on a table or desk Use a desk lamp when you study. b) an oil or gas light, especially a small one, that you… …
32Lamp — A lamp that is lit with oil, it is hanged in front of the icons, as a reference that Christ is the light Who illuminates the inside of His saints. This lamp is not put in front of Christ s icon for He is the world s Light. There is a lamp in the… …
33lamp — [12] A lamp is literally something that ‘shines’. The word comes via Old French lampe and Latin lampas from Greek lampás, which was derived from the verb lámpein ‘give light, shine’ (source also of English lantern). The Greek word originally… …
34lamp — [[t]læmp[/t]] n. 1) elm any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas 2) a container for burning an inflammable liquid, as oil, at a wick for illumination 3) a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of… …
35lamp — [12] A lamp is literally something that ‘shines’. The word comes via Old French lampe and Latin lampas from Greek lampás, which was derived from the verb lámpein ‘give light, shine’ (source also of English lantern). The Greek word originally… …
36lamp — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French lampe, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein to shine; akin to Hittite lap to burn Date: 13th century 1. a. any of various devices for producing light or sometimes heat: as (1) a vessel with …
37lamp — Cumbrian Dictionary ( v lamp) To hit, He lamped im fur deekin at is bewer. = He hit the poor gentleman for glancing at his lady friend. (I lamp, I have lamped, I am lamping, He lamps, She is a lamper.) …
38lamp — /læmp / (say lamp) noun 1. any of various devices for using an illuminant, as gas or electricity, or for heating, as by burning alcohol. 2. a vessel for containing a flammable liquid, as oil, which is burnt at a wick as a means of illumination. 3 …
39lamp — Kukui, ipukukui. Also: kukui pōhaku, pohokano, poho kukui, lama, makou, kumuipukukui. Lamp chimney, omo ipukukui. ♦ Lamp shade, pālulu kukui. ♦ Lampstand, kaukukui, waihona kukui …
40lamp — 1. noun /læmp/ a) A device that generates heat, light or other radiation b) A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination 2 …
