Definition of "lampshade" []

• Any of various protective or ornamental coverings used to screen a light bulb. (noun)

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• "I can, however, say with reasonable certainty what the lampshade is to me."
• "Some answers were obtained, most shockingly that the according to extensive testing at one of the country 's top DNA laboratory, the lampshade is "real", or in the words of the lab report "of human origin.""