Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.
WordNet
n. a lamp that stands on the floor
Usage examples of "floor lamp".
The nearby floor lamp as well as the frilly lights on the dressing table illuminated her wonderfully, and she had her dozens of cameos out before her on the marble and her bone-handled magnifying glass in her right hand.
One floor lamp burned, in a far corner, and another tiny lamp on the mantel, but it was still terribly dim.
A chair, a small round table and a tall floor lamp were on this side of the bed.
The only furniture in the room was a huge chair puffed with gray silk cushions, a tilted reading table, and a floor lamp deeply hooded.
I lit a floor lamp, then I ran a finger along the arm of a chain and looked at dust On-it.
Breathing hard, Eric seized the damaged floor lamp, held it by the pole,.
Although he could see fairly well in the darkness, he brushed a floor lamp, and it fell with a crash, the brittle sound of shattering glass, but he kept going into the short hall, the living room.
Once the books were unpacked and on the shelves, it would free up some floor space and he could unpack the rest of his stuff, put up the drafting table, his floor lamp (the overhead was just a bulb that cast a horrible glare over everything.
She'd been carrying that heavy floor lamp in one hand, roaring for Densmore, and when the bastard started to shoot her, she hadn't paused, just waded in with that lamp like she was DiMaggio going for the long one.
It hung five or six feet off the floor, supported by a base similar to that of a floor lamp.
The room was dimly lit by a floor lamp, but an odd glow emanated from the ceiling which Tyson knew was a result of the ceiling being constructed of glass rods embedded in thick concrete.
There was a bed in the room, and a single easy chair, and a standing floor lamp, and a cigarette-scarred dresser.