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View definitions for gas lamp

gas lamp

noun as in lamp

noun as in lantern

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Example Sentences

It is active, steadily holding up a gas lamp and illuminating the scene.

By the light of a gas-lamp under which they were passing at the moment Hubert saw that she had turned very pale.

"She is half drowned as it is," he muttered, bending closer to look at the pallid face under the flickering light of the gas-lamp.

The flickering light of the solitary gas-lamp over the station door did not pierce the gloom more than three feet away.

Stephen Foster lighted the incandescent gas-lamp on the big table, drew the window curtains together, and closed the door.

By the light of the next gas-lamp he unfolded it; it was a long slip, partly printed, partly written.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gas lamp, such as: flashlight, light, beacon, gaslight, searchlight, and torch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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