lamp

Definition

Examples

She turned on the lamp on her desk to read the report.

Synonyms

• light(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
• lanternlight in a transparent protective case

Collocations

• Easy desk lamp
  describing desk lamp (a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments)
• Medium replace fluorescent office lamp
  to replace fluorescent office lamp, meaning to substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
• Hard ultraviolet sterilization lamp
  describing ultraviolet sterilization lamp (radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays)
• Very Hard burn the midnight lamp before bid
  to burn the midnight lamp before bid, meaning to destroy by fire