lampshade

«lampshade» in Mova's school dictionary: a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lampshade, lampshades)

meaning for a pupil

A lampshade is a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften the light and make it look nicer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, lampshades are part of furnishing a room; in science lessons on light, a lampshade shows how light can be blocked, spread or directed, and how some materials are translucent (let some light through). In safety: lampshades should not touch hot bulbs, and paper near bulbs can be a fire hazard.

examples

• The lampshade made the light soft and warm. tree →
• We made a paper lampshade in design and technology. tree →
• Dust the lampshade carefully. tree →
• The lampshade was made of translucent fabric that let some light through. tree →
• My bedroom lampshade is shaped like a moon. tree →
• Make sure the lampshade does not touch the hot bulb. tree →

note

One word, countable: lampshades. Lamp + shade (shade blocks light). Use only safe lampshades with the right bulbs, as old bulbs got very hot.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lampshade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.