ˈlava lamp

  • 1lava 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… …

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  • 2lava lamp — lava .lamp n a lamp that has a coloured liquid substance inside it that moves up and down …

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  • 3lava lamp — ► NOUN ▪ a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a suspended waxy substance rises and falls in constantly changing shapes …

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  • 4Lava 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 …

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  • 5lava lamp — lamp that was popular in the 1960s, lamp that contains colored oil that rises and falls as it is heated creating various shapes …

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  • 6lava lamp — noun A kind of lamp typically used more for decoration than illumination, in which the gentle flow of randomly shaped clumps of wax purportedly suggests the flowing of lava …

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  • 7lava 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 …

  • 8lava lamp — noun a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a suspended waxy substance rises and falls in constantly changing shapes …

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  • 9Lava (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… …

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  • 10lava — (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 …

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