lava lamp

English

Etymology

A trademarked name registered by Mathmos in 1963 for the item.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lava lamp (plural lava lamps)

1. 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.

Translations

lamp used for decoration

• Azerbaijani: lava lampası
• Esperanto: lafolampo
• Estonian: laavalamp
• Finnish: laavalamppu (fi)
• French: lampe à lave
• German: Lavalampe (de) f
• Hungarian: lávalámpa (hu)
• Icelandic: hraunlampi m
• Swedish: lavalampa (sv) c
• Turkish: lava lambası