Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A usually tall floor lamp with a bowl-shaped part that diffuses the light or directs it upward.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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Examples

  • Hanging from the torchiere is a Pillsbury Doughboy necktie.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Hanging from the torchiere is a Pillsbury Doughboy necktie.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • King Tut was going to need his crown, and Mr. A. was going to need lots of birdseed and torchiere lamps.

    Transcript: Ghosts! « Coyote Con 2010

  • In 1997 there was a wide-scale recall of halogen torchiere lamps because of an unfortunate tendency for the bulbs to explode.

    Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

  • OK, so we look around, find one we like (torchiere style with the extra reading lamp built onto it), and I snagged a new one for my desk, since the old one died recently.

    December 20th, 2007 blackwingbear 2007

  • In 1997 there was a wide-scale recall of halogen torchiere lamps because of an unfortunate tendency for the bulbs to explode.

    Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

  • In 1997 there was a wide-scale recall of halogen torchiere lamps because of an unfortunate tendency for the bulbs to explode.

    Superfusion Zachary Karabell 2009

  • I swear that every guy we helped on Queer Eye owned the same torchiere, with a blazing 200-watt bulb intended to illuminate the entire room.

    Thom Filicia Style Thom Filicia 2008

  • Other kinds are a small torchiere light that shoots light upwards, with usually an Art Deco Base.

    Make Your Home More Interesting Using Light 2007

  • Halogen torchiere lamps must be equipped with a tip-over switch that will turn the lamp off if it is tipped in any direction, or must pass additional stability test requirements and a vertical wall test.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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