lava lamp
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lava lamp — noun An electric lamp in which a brightly coloured viscous substance moves around forming ever changing shapes • • • Main Entry: ↑lava * * * ˈlava lamp 7 [lava lamp] noun an electric lamp that contains a liquid in which a coloured substance like… … Useful english dictionary
lava lamp — lava .lamp n a lamp that has a coloured liquid substance inside it that moves up and down … Dictionary of contemporary English
lava lamp — ► NOUN ▪ a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a suspended waxy substance rises and falls in constantly changing shapes … English terms dictionary
Lava lamp — An original Mathmos Astro lava lamp. For other uses, see Lava (disambiguation). A lava lamp (or Astro lamp) is a decorative novelty item that contains blobs of colored wax inside a glass vessel filled with clear liquid; the wax rises and falls as … Wikipedia
lava lamp — lamp that was popular in the 1960s, lamp that contains colored oil that rises and falls as it is heated creating various shapes … English contemporary dictionary
lava lamp — /ˈlavə læmp/ (say lahvuh lamp) noun a decorative lamp in which light shines through a container filled with coloured oil through which bubbles of air float …
lava lamp — noun a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a suspended waxy substance rises and falls in constantly changing shapes … English new terms dictionary
Lava (disambiguation) — Lava may refer to: *Lava, hot molten rock *Lava (town), a town in West Bengal, India *Lava (Ramayana), one of the sons of Rama and Sita *Lava or Лава, the Russian name of Łyna river which flows through Poland and Russia *Lava (soap) *Laser… … Wikipedia
lava — (n.) 1750, from Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrian dialect) lava torrent, stream, traditionally from L. lavare to wash (see LAVE (Cf. lave)). Originally applied in Italian to flash flood rivulets after downpours, then to streams of molten rock from … Etymology dictionary
lamp — noun we had plenty of illumination from our lamps Syn: light, lantern; floor lamp, table lamp, bedside lamp, banker s lamp, gooseneck lamp; chandelier; candelabra; trademark Tiffany lamp; floodlight, spotlight, strobe light, arc lamp; fluorescent … Thesaurus of popular words
