Other forms: lampshades
A lampshade is the cover over a bulb that softens its light. A paper lampshade, tilt the lampshade, change the lampshade.
It does two jobs: it spreads the light and it hides the bulb from the eye, and a bare bulb is uncomfortable for exactly that reason. Wearing one at a party is the standing image of somebody who has had too much to drink.
1nounlampshadeThe cover over a bulb that softens its light.
“The cat knocked over the lamp and dented the lampshade.”
lampshade is a cover.
Also accepted in games: shade
Lamp plus shade. Lamp comes from Greek lampas, a torch, from lampein, to shine.
From lamp + shade. From lamp + shade. The verb sense comes from the idea of making something more conspicuous by hanging a lampshade on it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA