lampshade

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view

From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.

That's a Mrs.... Damsel in the bright yellow lampshade affair about six foot high, that old Hugo's giving the glad eye to. — The Boy with Wings, Berta Ruck
Emma listened to him, mechanically turning around the lampshade, on the gauze of which were painted clowns in carriages, and tight-rope dances with their balancing-poles. — Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert
In her anxiety Eleanore looked first at one object in the room and then at another; first at the bathing nymph, then at the silk curtains, then at the Chinese lampshade. — The Goose Man, Jakob Wassermann

lamp shade

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