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lampshading

lampshading noun: the practice of decorating lampshades. Also the present participle and gerund of lampshade.

Noun

lampshading (uncountable)

  1. The practice of decorating lampshades.
    • Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.1993, Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gág: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Smithsonian Institution Press, →ISBN, page 8

Also used as

lampshading is also the present participle and gerund of lampshade.

Origin of lampshading

From lampshade + -ing.

Questions about lampshading

What does lampshading mean?
Lampshading means the practice of decorating lampshades.
What part of speech is lampshading?
Lampshading is a noun.

Words near lampshading in the dictionary

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

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