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n. - A protective ornamental covering used to screen a light bulb from direct view.

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Usage examples (38)
  • I can, however, say with reasonable certainty what the lampshade is to me.
  • The Polish word for lampshade is abażur, no doubt borrowed from the French.
  • The man with the lampshade is completely ficticious, right? on 03 Jul 2009 at 12: 48 am Jo Ann
  • Jul 29th, 2004 at 3: 44 pm never heard of a skin lampshade.
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