smoking lamp

smoke lamp

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smohk lamp]
- /smoʊk læmp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [smohk lamp]
- /smoʊk læmp/

Definitions of smoking lamp words

noun smoking lamp formerly, a lamp aboard ship for lighting pipes, now used figuratively to indicate when smoking is or is not allowed: The smoking lamp is lit. 1
noun smoking lamp a lamp lit aboard a ship to indicate when the crew might smoke 0

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Origin of smoking lamp

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Smoking lamp

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Smoking lamp

smoking lamp popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

smoking lamp usage trend in Literature

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