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noun ADJ. bedside, desk, reading, standard, table | gas, oil, paraffin VERB + LAMP light, switch on, turn on | switch off, turn off LAMP + VERB burn, glow, shine An oil lamp burned in the darkness. | flicker, go out
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lamp
verbs
switch/turn on a lamp
• Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
switch/turn off a lamp
• He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
light a lamp
• Elizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp
a table/desk/bedside lamp
• He read by the light of the bedside lamp.
an oil/kerosene/paraffin lamp
(= lamps that you light with a flame )
• The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table.
a street lamp
• Harry stopped under a street lamp.
a hurricane lamp
(= a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind )
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