"lava lamp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lava lamps [plural]
Etymology: A trademarked name registered by Mathmos in 1963 for the item. Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Mathmos, lava lamp Translations (lamp used for decoration): lava lampası (Azerbaijani), laavalamp (Estonian), laavalamppu (Finnish), lampe à lave (French), Lavalampe [feminine] (German), lávalámpa (Hungarian), hraunlampi [masculine] (Icelandic), lavalampa [common-gender] (Swedish), lava lambası (Turkish)

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