lamp
A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
Noun 4 meanings
A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
An eye.
Verb 2 meanings
To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
To make (something, such as a vase or urn) into a table lamp.
Etymology
From Middle English laumpe, lampe, from Old French lampe (“lamp, light”), from Latin lampas (“torch, lamp, light”), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch, lamp, beacon, light, meteor”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”). Cognate with Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Welsh llachar (“bright”).
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LAMP at a glance
LAMP has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1 + M 3 + P 3) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,484 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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