Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various protective or ornamental coverings used to screen a light bulb.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A shade or screen placed above or around the flame of a lamp, to intercept, modify, or reflect the light. It may be opaque, or have a dark exterior and a reflecting interior surface so disposed as to throw the light downward or in any other direction desired, Lamp-shades are made of glass, tin, porcelain, silk, paper, etc.
Wiktionary
- n. A cover over a lamp to either diffuse the light or to block it in certain directions so it doesn't cause glare by shining directly in one's eyes.
- v. narratology To intentionally call attention to the improbable, incongruent, or clichéd nature of an element or situation featured in a work of fiction within the work itself.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp.
- n. a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
- n. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
Etymologies
- lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The man with the lampshade is completely ficticious, right? on 03 Jul 2009 at 12: 48 am Jo Ann”
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On Platforms and Opportunities
“Some answers were obtained, most shockingly that the according to extensive testing at one of the country 's top DNA laboratory, the lampshade is "real", or in the words of the lab report "of human origin.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Jacobson: Looking At An Icon Of Evil
“One thing I was told, by a number of Holocaust authorities, was that the idea of the human skin lampshade, a specter that had inspired much inchoate fear in my nine-year old mind as I grew up in Queens during the 1950's, was not thought to have ever existed.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Jacobson: Looking At An Icon Of Evil
“I can, however, say with reasonable certainty what the lampshade is to me.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Jacobson: Looking At An Icon Of Evil
“The Polish word for lampshade is abażur, no doubt borrowed from the French.”
“It's as if Target has employed some sort of Schrödinger's Inventory software, where if the system doesn't "see" the SKU, the lampshade is neither alive nor dead.”
Target Refuses Return, Says If Computer Doesn't Show Item, It Doesn't Exist - The Consumerist
“In fact, they didn't have any record of the lampshade he was holding in his handsit wasn't in their computer, and therefore it didn't exist, even after his wife went and brought an identical lampshade from the store shelves to the customer service counter.”
Target Refuses Return, Says If Computer Doesn't Show Item, It Doesn't Exist - The Consumerist
“The Holocaust Museum has tested the lampshade and found that it’s a run-of-the-mill paper lampshade, as has been the case with every allegedly-human-skin lampshade ever found.”
“Lampshade owner Donald Avery maintains the the lampshade is made of human skin, saying of the findings that, simply, “they’re wrong.””
“The gold star is not quite as bright in person, and the glitter which surrounds the image and covers the lampshade is actually a little brighter.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lampshade’.
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plans for the weekend
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Buttery
Words that make me feel cozy
Feather, Mug, Knit, Socks, Snug, Soft, Butter, Nugget, Noodle, Curl, Billow, Lounge and 315 more...
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defenestrate, shutterbug, antique, periscope, dogma, peculiar, eccentric, banana, apple, pear, cherry, photograph and 189 more...
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household
balustrade, porch swing, terrace, windowseat, foyer, breakfast nook, cellar, bay window, venetian blinds, canopy, hammock, hope chest and 69 more...
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cosy
pyjamas, toast, windowsill, teaspoon, kettle, pocket, journal, flannelette, quilt, doona, and, sneeze and 15 more...
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From the Estate of the Brothers Collyer
A list of things retrieved from the home of two compulsive hoarders after their bodies were found buried underneath the 103 tons of garbage they had amassed over several decades. The ...rope, baby carriages, doll carriage, rakes, umbrellas, bicycles, food, potato peelers, guns, chandeliers, bowling balls, camera equipment and 31 more...
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compounded
this is a list of compound words because i am in love with compound words.
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