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Definition of "lamplight" []

  • The light shed by a lamp. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lamplight" in a sentence
  • "That child sitting cross-legged on the floor of that shop, in the heart of the forest, reading all alone in the lamplight, is not there by chance."
  • "But taking a photo in lamplight made the colors go all horrible; _; I fixed it up as well as I could in photoshop (the original was MUCH darker) but it still irks me."
  • "This was what happened; Theodora came down the steps, her stately figure outlined in its darkness against the gush of lamplight from the porch."