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n. A lamp supported by a tall vertical pole in order that light comes from above those seated in the vicinity.
Usage examples of "standard lamp".
Tuttle had the whole of the front verandah: he bought two morris rockingchairs, a standard lamp, a rolltop desk and a bookcase with sliding glass doors.
Almost as if he had seen the man's real age, highlighted by shadows from the standard lamp.
The heavily furnished lounge, lit only by the soft glow of one standard lamp in a corner, seemed to menace him.
Open nightly to any resident from eight till ten on weekdays, and from teatime onwards, Saturday and Sunday: as formal as a ducal drawing room, with its matching three-piece suite and antimacassars (made by the proprietress herself), its mahogany standard lamp with tasselled shade, its row of grinning Toby jugs, precisely lined above its freezing hearth.
Sideboard, standard lamp, door, bookshelves - Peter's English classics and books on sailing, her own biographical tastes - then the newspaper again.
His room was lit by his table-lamp and by an ornate standard lamp in one corner.
Nettle found herself apparently being addressed by the standard lamp that stood in the corner of the cabin.
Not far above platform level, McKendrick opened a steel door in the wall, led Reggie through an ante-room into a small dining room, with a central table, six chairs and a standard lamp with a big floral shade.
He swayed involuntarily and held onto a standard lamp which fell away as though avoiding him.