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lamp

/læmp/noun

A device that produces light, and sometimes heat or other forms of radiation.

Example sentences

  • “She turned on the lamp beside her bed to read.”
  • “We bought a tall floor lamp for the corner of the living room.”

In everyday speech a lamp is the whole fixture and the replaceable part is the bulb, though lighting engineers call bulbs 'lamps' too.

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