Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nightlamp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: night-lamp
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lamp providing illumination at night.

Example Sentences

"Dr. M'Alpin and he sat up until the extinction of the lights in the lower rooms round the square, and the glimmering of the nightlamps in the upper chambers, warned them that the world had retired to rest[…]"

Etymology

From night + lamp.

Inflected Forms

nightlamps (plural)

Questions

What does nightlamp mean?: A lamp providing illumination at night.
Where does nightlamp come from?: From night + lamp.

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