Flash Lamp (Noun)
Meaning
A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The photographer carefully set up her flash lamp to capture the perfect shot of the night sky.
- The old camera was equipped with a flash lamp that could only be used once before needing to be reloaded.
- The paparazzi used a flash lamp to blind the celebrity as he exited the car.
- In the 1920s, flash lamps were the primary means of adding artificial light to photographs.
- The strobe light of the flash lamp momentarily blinded the model as the picture was taken.