[lamp] 
| 1. | any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp. |
| 2. | a container for an inflammable liquid, as oil, which is burned at a wick as a means of illumination. |
| 3. | a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning. |
| 4. | any of various devices furnishing heat, ultraviolet, or other radiation: an infrared lamp. |
| 5. | a celestial body that gives off light, as the moon or a star. |
| 6. | a torch. |
| 7. | lamps, Slang. the eyes. |
| 8. | Slang. to look at; eye. |
| 9. | smell of the lamp, to give evidence of laborious study or effort: His dissertation smells of the lamp. |
| lamp (lāmp) n.
[Middle English lampe, from Old French, from Latin lampas, from Greek, from lampein, to shine.] |
lamp
|
lamp (lāmp)
n.
A device that generates light, heat, or therapeutic radiation.
Lamp
(1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:20; 13:11; Zech. 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Ex. 27:20). (2.) A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon (Judg. 7:16, 20). (R.V., "torches.") (3.) Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews (Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21, etc.). (4.) Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies (Matt. 25:1). This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc. (2 Sam. 21:17; Ps. 119:105; Prov. 6:23; 13:9).
lamp
a device for producing illumination, consisting originally of a vessel containing a wick soaked in combustible material, and subsequently such other light-producing instruments as gas and electric lamps.
Learn more about lamp with a free trial on Britannica.com.