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# lampshade

«lampshade» in Mova's school dictionary: **a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lampshade, lampshades)

### meaning for a pupil

A lampshade is a cover that goes over a light bulb on a lamp to soften the light and make it look nicer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, lampshades are part of furnishing a room; in science lessons on light, a lampshade shows how light can be blocked, spread or directed, and how some materials are translucent (let some light through). In safety: lampshades should not touch hot bulbs, and paper near bulbs can be a fire hazard.

### examples

- The lampshade made the light soft and warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x1)
- We made a paper lampshade in design and technology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x2)
- Dust the lampshade carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x3)
- The lampshade was made of translucent fabric that let some light through. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x4)
- My bedroom lampshade is shaped like a moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x5)
- Make sure the lampshade does not touch the hot bulb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/#x6)

### note

One word, countable: lampshades. Lamp + shade (shade blocks light). Use only safe lampshades with the right bulbs, as old bulbs got very hot.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lampshade» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lampshade/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.