Lamplight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlæmplaɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lamplight is a noun meaning The light emitted by a lamp.
Meaning
The light emitted by a lamp.
Example Sentences
We sat around reading by lamplight all night.
I turned my head, and as I lay gasping in the throes of that awful struggle I could see that Leo was off the rock now, for the lamplight fell full upon him.
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
Word Forms
- lamplights
Related Words
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