The Collaborative International Dictionary
lampshade \lampshade\, lamp shade \lamp shade\n. a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view.
WordNet
n. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view [syn: lampshade]
Usage examples of "lamp shade".
Because the motif of the lamp shade was fruit, the protective glass on the desk top reflected luminous ovals and circles of cherry-red, plum-purple, grape-green, lemon-yellow, and berry-blue.
The lamp shade rattled faintly and Toohey felt the nimble under his shoe soles: the presses were rolling.
She reached out and found the lamp shade, the wire ribs beneath the taut cloth.
Felsner-Imbs had to burn electric light surrounded by a greenish glass-bead lamp shade when pupils called in the morning or afternoon while the sunshine was putting on an orgy outside.
The light from the fringed silk lamp shade played over his long surgeons hand as he slid it lengthwise between the gilt-edged pages with the careful slicing motion hed taught them, counseling, A dog-eared book is the sign of a lazy, undisciplined person.