lamp

[læmp]

Definition:
1. An artificial source of visible illumination.
2. A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs.

Use 'lamp' in a sentence:

• 1. My lamp USES 60 watts; my toaster USES 600 watts.
• 2. A second example would be a table lamp.
• 3. I have a street lamp, a table lamp, and a bicycle lamp.
• 4. Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it.
• 5. This is a lamp.
• 6. The light is on. The lamp is lit up.
• 7. The oil lamp burnt out.
• 8. The lamp behind him seems to bathe him in warmth.
• 9. Harry stopped under a street lamp and ostentatiously began inspecting the contents of his bag.
• 10. Thousands of volts surged through his car after he careered into a lamp post, ripping out live wires.
• 11. The hook in the ceiling had given way and the lamp had fallen blazing on to the table.
• 12. It's a table lamp.
• 13. The pendent lamp in her house glittered with gold.
• 14. The base of the lamp unscrews for wiring and mounting.
• 15. A gas lamp hung from the ceiling.
• 16. A lamp hung over us.
• 17. Let's turn on the lamp.
• 18. In the evenings we eat by the light of an oil lamp.
• 19. The table lamp just went out suddenly.
• 20. A lamp was suspended from the ceiling.
• 21. There is a lamp over the table.
• 22. There was a lamp hanging over the table.
• 23. They blew out the lamp and began to talk.
• 24. Signals are made with flags or lamps.
• 25. I reached for the lamp, which stood in the middle of the table.
• 26. What is this shiny brass lamp?
• 27. The oil in the lamp had burned up.
• 28. The lamps on the side-tables threw warm pools of light on the polished wood.
• 29. The room was softly lit by a lamp.
• 30. This is a table lamp.
• 31. Lamps should be safely wired.
• 32. Here's a lamp for you.
• 33. Is the lamp on the dressing table?
• 34. She switched on the bedside lamp.
• 35. Get the lamp.
• 36. A beautiful lamp hangs above the table.
• 37. The lamp in the window shone away for hours.
• 38. The dim bulb of the bedside lamp cast a soft radiance over his face.
• 39. If you will take the lamp, I will go before.
• 40. It was lit by hooded fluorescent lamps.
• 41. He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp.
• 42. The lamp has a heavy base.
• 43. The defendant drove negligently and hit a lamp post.
• 44. It can be seen clearly in a ray of sunlight or under a lamp.
• 45. I bought a new shade for the lamp.
• 46. The car skidded and hit a lamp post.
• 47. I used my thumbnail to tighten the screw on my lamp.
• 48. The Night Rider lamp has been designed to conform to new British Standard safety requirements.
• 49. The lamp has been designed to conform to new safety standards.
• 50. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.