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lava lamp

lava lamp noun: a kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.

Noun

lava lamp (plural lava lamps)

  1. A kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.

Forms of lava lamp

plurallava lamps

Origin of lava lamp

A trademarked name registered by Mathmos in 1963 for the item.

Questions about lava lamp

What does lava lamp mean?
Lava lamp means a kind of lamp, typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly-shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava.
What part of speech is lava lamp?
Lava lamp is a noun.
What is the plural of lava lamp?
The plural of lava lamp is lava lamps.

Words near lava lamp in the dictionary

  1. lava field
  2. lava flow
  3. lava flows
  4. lava lake
  5. lava lakes
  6. lava lamp
  7. lava lamps
  8. lava millstone
  9. lava millstones
  10. lava sledding
  11. lava tree

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