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torchiere

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tor⋅chiere

[tawr-cheer]
–noun
a floor lamp for indirect lighting, having its source of light within a reflecting bowl that directs the light upward.
Also, torchère, tor⋅chier.


Origin:
var. of torchère
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tor·chère   (tôr-shâr')   
n.  A usually tall floor lamp with a bowl-shaped part that diffuses the light or directs it upward.

[French, from torche, torch; see torch.]
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