1. lamp - Noun
2. lamp - Verb
3. Lamp - Proper noun
A thin plate or lamina.
A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBe a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness. Ephrem the Syrian
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. Patrick Henry
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore
An oil lamp feels proud to give light even though it wears itself away. Nigerian Proverb
All women are alike when the lamp is out. Darkovan Proverb
A lamp in the street, obscurity at home. Mexican Proverb