lamp

[ lamp ]
/ læmp /

noun

verb (used with object)

Slang. to look at; eye.

Idioms for lamp

    smell of the lamp, to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for lamp

lamp
/ (læmp) /

noun

  1. any of a number of devices that produce illuminationan electric lamp; a gas lamp; an oil lamp
  2. (in combination)lampshade
a device for holding one or more electric light bulbs a table lamp
a vessel in which a liquid fuel is burned to supply illumination
any of a variety of devices that produce radiation, esp for therapeutic purposes an ultraviolet lamp

Word Origin for lamp

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

Medical definitions for lamp

lamp
[ lămp ]

n.

A device that generates light, heat, or therapeutic radiation.