Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "lamp" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

apartment at hotel bedroom building corner desk desktop house motel office shelf store table

Capable Of

broken and still shine illuminate light up room shine ligth sit on desk sit on dresser

Coordinate Terms

LAMPP LEMP LNMP WAMP

Defined As

common light bulb

Derived Terms

Aldis lamp Betty lamp Carcel lamp Cooper Hewitt lamp Davy lamp Döbereiner's lamp Fresnel lamp Geordie lamp Hefner lamp Nernst lamp Shabbat lamp Thomson's lamp Tilley lamp Wood's lamp accountant's lamp arc lamp arc-lamp argand lamp aroma lamp astral lamp banker lamp banker's lamp betty-lamp blackout lamp blast lamp blowlamp butter lamp carbide lamp chamber lamp coach lamp compact fluorescent lamp courtesy lamp desk lamp desklamp fairy lamp flame lamp flashlamp floodlamp floor lamp fluorescent lamp fo'c's'le lamp foc's'le lamp fog lamp foglamp forecastle lamp fountain lamp frost lamp gas lamp gig-lamp glow-lamp glowlamp halogen lamp hand lamp hand-lamp handlamp headlamp heat lamp hurricane lamp hydrogen lamp incandescent lamp indicator lamp infrared lamp lamp along lamp bulb lamp flora lamp fount lamp harp lamp post lamp room lamp shell lamp-iron lamp-oil lamp-post lamp-shade lamp-wick lampblack lampboard lampbrush lamper lampful lampholder lamphole lampist lampkeeper lampless lamplet lamplight lamplighted lamplighter lamplike lamplit lampmaker lampmaking lampman lamppost lampshade lampstand lampware lampwick lampwork lampworker lava lamp magic lamp magnesium lamp mercury-vapor lamp mercury-vapour lamp metal halide lamp minilamp naphtha lamp neon glow lamp neon lamp nightlamp oil rain lamp opium lamp pet lamp-shade philosopher's lamp pilot lamp plasma lamp platinum lamp pocket lamp quartz halogen lamp quartz lamp quartz-iodine lamp rain lamp reading lamp reading-lamp relamp ring lamp safety lamp salt lamp sidelamp slave of the lamp slit lamp smell of the lamp sodium lamp sodium vapor lamp sodium vapour lamp solar lamp speedlamp spirit lamp standard lamp stop lamp street lamp street-lamp streetlamp sun lamp sunlamp table lamp tail lamp taillamp time lamp torch lamp xenon flash lamp

Context

cytology genetics internet slang

Has Property

bright

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

article of furniture furniture piece of furniture source of illumination

Type Of (IsA)

electrical device furniture light source of illumination

Receives Action

found in hospital found in hotel found in house found in motel found in office building found in room placed on table

Related Terms

bedrooms belt bulb clout desk desk light device electric electric light electrical electrical light for light furniture generate heat hit house illumination in house it lights lamping lantern light light bulb light type lighting lighting device lighting rooms lights living living room oil oil lamp open source piece radiation reading room rooms shade shade bulb slam sofa switch table table light type wallop wamp web server wick

Used For

illuminating area illuminating one's house after dark illumination light lighten rooms and places reading

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.