lava lamp

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.