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      lamp
      noun
      A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
      A piece of furniture holding one or more electric light sockets.
      A device containing oil, burnt through a wick for illumination; an oil lamp.
      A surname.
      (Internet) Acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP/Python/Perl: a popular combination of open source software for use as a web server. [(computing, strictly) The Unix-like open-source computer operating system kernel created by Linus Torvalds in 1991.]
      (genetics) Acronym of loop-mediated isothermal amplification.
      (cytology) Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein.
      verb
      (slang, US) To hang out or chill; to do nothing in particular.
      (UK, slang) To hit, clout, belt, wallop.
      (UK, Ireland) To hunt at night using a lamp, during which bright lights are used to dazzle the hunted animal or to attract insects for capture.
      To make into a table lamp, said of a vase or urn, etc.
      Roots
      lampaslamp- · Greek · torch, light
      Synonyms for lamp
      lampionlanternncandlenilluminantnflashlightnheadlightnilluminatorsearchlightnstrobencandlelightn
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