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lampshades

lampshades is the plural of lampshade.

lampshades is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Phrases with lampshades

Questions about lampshades

What is lampshades the plural of?
Lampshades is the plural of lampshade.

Words near lampshades in the dictionary

  1. lampsful
  2. lampshade
  3. lampshade hat
  4. lampshade hats
  5. lampshaded
  6. lampshades
  7. lampshading
  8. lampshell
  9. lampshells
  10. Lampson
  11. Lampsons

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