ldoce_193_flamp /læmp/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] → sunlamp, blowlampn COLLOCATIONSverbsswitch/turn on a lampDorothy switched on the desk lamp.
switch/turn off a lampHe switched off the lamp beside the bed.
light a lampElizabeth lit the lamps and started rebuilding the fire.
a lamp burnsA silver lamp burned on the altar.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + lamp a table/desk/bedside lampHe 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 lampHarry stopped under a street lamp.
a hurricane lamp (=a lamp with a strong glass cover, which protects the light from the wind)