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lamp-shade

lamp-shade is the alternative form of lampshade.

Meaning of lampshade

Noun

lampshade (plural lampshades)

  1. A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions to avoid glare in the eyes.
    • It was all very well, this Bohemianism of red lamp-shades and cigarettes, but in the cold grey light that filtered through Partridge's grimy windows it did not show to any great advantage.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 130

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Forms of lamp-shade

plurallamp-shades

Phrases with lamp-shade

Questions about lamp-shade

What is lamp-shade the alternative form of?
Lamp-shade is the alternative form of lampshade.

Words near lamp-shade in the dictionary

  1. lamp-irons
  2. lamp-oil
  3. lamp-oils
  4. lamp-post
  5. lamp-posts
  6. lamp-shade
  7. lamp-shades
  8. lamp-wick
  9. lamp-wicks
  10. Lampacao
  11. Lampacau

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