Collocations for "lamp"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "lamp" in context.
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lamp
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [desk, table, camping, reading, head, ceiling] lamp
- a [miner's, jeweler's] lamp
- a [kerosene, fluorescent, bright] lamp
- lamps for [miners, mining]
- a lamp for reading
- bought a lamp for the [desk, bedroom]
- the street lamps come on at [five] o'clock
- [turn, switch] the lamp [on, off]
- [turn] [on] the lamp
- use an infrared lamp for [massages, treatments]
- [fastened, put] a lamp on her [bike, handlebar]
- the genie [popped, came, appeared] out of the lamp
- need to change the lamp bulb
- the lamp [switch, cord, base]
'lamp' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):