floor lamp
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- noun
- /flɔr læmp/
:
lámpara de pie
- Katya looked around her room but saw nothing, except maybe the flicker of the floor lamp.
- floor lamp with a shade
- light from the floor lamp
- brass floor lamp
Examples
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I turn on the floor lamp beside the chair.
Academic text (2007) -
She adjusted the shade of the floor lamp to brighten the entire room while she read.
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Many temporary residents complain that the owners must have removed most of the floor lamps.
Academic text (1999) -
"Alma walked across the living room and turned on the floor lamp.
Fiction book (1993) -
An old iron floor lamp and a green glass desk lamp lit the room.
Fiction book (2002) -
Erin works at her father's desk under the light of an antique floor lamp.
Fiction book (2000) -
The multi-head lamps are also very popular, especially the magnifying floor lamp for young children.
Blog text (25) -
Natalie pauses next to a brass floor lamp, checks her watch.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her cramped apartment was filled to overflowing: moving boxes stacked on end, brass floor lamps, glass table lamps, old books, and gilt-edged picture frames leaning against the walls.
Fiction book (2000) -
The floor lamp in the corner provided a warm glow as we relaxed on the couch.
Synonyms
A tall floor lamp that directs light upward to give soft indirect light
A tall floor lamp that shines light upward in a room
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Morphology
The meaning 'a lamp that stands on the floor' is directly and transparently built from 'floor' (the room's bottom surface) + 'lamp' (a light source); it is a literal noun-noun compound denoting location and object. This common compositional pattern is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Floor lamp comes from a simple picture: a tall lamp that stands on the floor instead of on a table. Picture it next to a chair sending light over a book, so the name means 'a tall lamp that stands on the floor and lights a room'.