lamp
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From French lampe, from Latin lampas.
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lamp (plural lamps)
- A device that generates heat, light or other radiation
- A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination
- A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
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oil device producing light
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electric device producing light
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to lamp (third-person singular simple present lamps, present participle lamping, simple past and past participle lamped)
- (slang) to hit, clout, belt, wallop
- to hunt at night using a lamp; see lamping
- (slang) to hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular
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lamp f. and m. (plural lampen)
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- IPA: /lamp/
- Audio (US)help, file
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lamp
- first- and third-person singular present of limpan
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lamp f. (plural lampau)
