lampshade

Questions about lampshade

What does lampshade mean?

lampshade means "a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view".

How many syllables are in lampshade?

lampshade has 2 syllables and divides as lamp-shade under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lampshade?

Close synonyms include lamp shade, shade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lampshade a common word?

lampshade is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.