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lava lamp

[ lah-vuh lamp ]

noun

  1. an electric lamp made of a transparent, tapered cylinder containing a liquid in which a colored wax-based or waxlike substance is stimulated by the heat of the light bulb to change into randomly separating shapes that constantly rise and fall:

    Call me an old hippie, but lava lamps belong in rooms with Woodstock posters and beaded curtains, not among the pristine décor of gabled verandas.

lava lamp

noun

  1. a decorative type of lamp in which a luminous viscous material moves in constantly changing shapes

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lava lamp1

First recorded in 1965–70

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lava lamp1

C20: from the resemblance of the shapes to molten lava in water

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