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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A small indoor lamp designed to be used for reading at night..
"I value my electric reading-lamp, and that is a product of science."
A bed reading lamp is provided for each passenger; it is so arranged that, in all switching conditions, a blue night light will prevent the berth being placed in complete darkness.
[...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.
Use reading-lamp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reading-lamp means A small indoor lamp designed to be used for reading at night..
Common synonyms include reading light.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"I value my electric reading-lamp, and that is a product of science."
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