Definition of Table lamp

1. Noun. A lamp that sits on a table.

Generic synonyms: Lamp

Definition of Table lamp

1. Noun. a lamp designed to be used on tables ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Lamp

table-tennis bat
table-tennis racquet
table-tennis table
table apple
table board
table cloth
table d'hote
table d'hôte
table dancer
table dances
table decoration
table football
table game
table knife
table lamp
table lamps
table lifting
table linen
table manners
table mat
table mountain
table mountains
table mustard
table napkin
table of contents
table rapping
table salt
table saw
table saws

Literary usage of Table lamp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hygiene of the Eye by William Campbell Posey (1918)
"It may, for instance, be a cylinder of opaque or translucent material about a table lamp, permitting the unob- Fio. 39.—The wrong wny to use a table lamp. ..."

2. Illuminating Engineering Practice: Lectures on Illuminating Engineering by University of Pennsylvania, Illuminating Engineering Society (1917)
"One reason that the table lamp is commonly preferred for reading is that it ... Care should be taken to select a table lamp that gives the proper light all ..."

3. Practical Illumination by James Raley Cravath, Van Rensselaer Lansingh (1907)
"There is a popular impression that the portable table lamp is better adapted ... The reason for this is that it is impossible with a table lamp to secure a ..."

4. An Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy by Thomas Webster, William Parkes (1855)
"... of brass, bronze, or part porcelain and part brass, а,//г- 131, represents a two-light table lamp ; с is a Fig. IS1. bracket lamp ; b is one suspended. ..."

5. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"The center light may be either a chandelier or a table lamp. ... The average table lamp throws most of its light on the table top instead of on the book in ..."

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