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Meanings of lamp standards in English
Russian
уличный фонарь Portuguese
iluminação pública Spanish
alumbrado público Catalan
enllumenat públic 
A raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway.
Synonyms
Examples for "lamppost"
Examples for "lamppost"
1
His look fell upon the wretched figure that huddled against the lamppost.
2
Or you could press your camera up against a tree or lamppost.
3
He stood by the lamppost, undecided as to which course to pursue.
4
He paused beneath a lamppost to study the blur of his watch.
5
They'll be hidden in the lamppost, bushes, cars parked on the street.
1
There is more to politics in Northern Ireland than flags and lampposts.
2
Some monks were beaten and tied up to the lampposts, one said.
3
The sun is gone without a trace, mosquitoes circling the lampposts overhead.
4
He staggered, latched onto one of the lampposts, and rested against it.
5
They are lined with antique iron lampposts, arty shops, and souvenir stores.
1
I stood under the street lamp and read it in this wise:
2
The street lamp outside the boarding cast light enough to reveal him.
3
Under the light of a street lamp they stopped of one accord.
4
He stepped forward under thecircle of light made by the street lamp.
5
She stared out the window at the street lamp across the road.
1
The council added it had concerns with cracks in the park's light poles.
2
Shadows loom tall, split like razors with neon-bright iron light poles.
3
Yellow flyers had been pasted to each of the parking lot's light poles.
4
I looked up at the light poles to make sure there weren't any cameras.
5
The current crop of gunshot locators are attached to Humvees, or to light poles.
1
French light standards, by Walter D'Arcy Ryan and P. E. Denneville.
2
Eight light standards were erected around Crosley Field, housing a total of 632 individual lamps.
3
One of the light standards was brought around in front of the car to shine in through the windshield.
4
Single light standards along Avenue of Palms, light yellow, dull points of light; contrast with white pearly light on tops of booths.
1
Behind it, on the rise by the road , the light from the road lamp brushing his knees, was Green-eye.
1
Sophy, in the glare of the street light, looked uglier than ever.
2
Hal gazed at his watch by the glare of a street light.
3
I looked at my watch as I went past a street light.
4
Not any woman in particular but it's always the same street light.
5
Check out this photo of my daughter walking under a street light.
1
The one in blue and his buddy leaning against the light pole?
2
My truck was parked in the visitor's lot under a light pole.
3
This is an iron cage attached to the end of a light pole.
4
I slammed a shoulder into a light pole and staggered back from it.
5
They stood by a light pole while I went and opened the front door.
1
A few workmen were putting the finishing touches on a light standard.
2
She tested the bulb in the hood of the light standard.
3
A man coming along the sidewalk craned his neck, and narrowly missed walking into a light standard.
4
Much attention is paid to the selection of soil, that the light standard of Kentucky leaf may be further advanced.
5
French light standards, by Walter D'Arcy Ryan and P. E. Denneville.
1
All at once, Ralph was dancing round a lamp standard.
2
Dangerfield walked swiftly through the labyrinth of lanes into a little square with a lamp standard and more children.
3
Do my eyes deceive me or is a magpie building a nest on the lamp standard outside my front garden?
4
Upon that farthest from the door was a graceful electric- lamp standard of copper connected by a free wire with the wall.
5
Floral lamp standards between columns in corridors, pale yellow light.
1
The street lamps were alight; the rays glittered on the damp pavements.
2
She stared at him in the passing light of the street lamps.
3
At the open end I could see the glimmer of street lamps.
4
The lights from the street lamps flickered on the up-turned, anxious faces.
5
The white street lamps seemed to twinkle as the trailer-truck rumbled on.
1
The street lights are on because the electricity comes from far away.
2
The street lights showed a sneering smile of satisfaction on his face.
3
It was nearly six p.m. now, and the street lights were on.
4
Now the sun had vanished and the street lights cast deep shadows.
5
Isaac emerged, white in the shine of the street lights, drawn, coughing.
Usage of lamp standards in English
1
Floral lamp standards between columns in corridors, pale yellow light.
2
Florentine Court; only illumination, single lamp standards; contrast with intense light in Court of Universe, beyond.
3
I pointed at one of the many lamp standards that were dotted around the periphery of the forecourt.
4
People were jammed up against railings, perched on parapets, shinned up lamp standards, sitting on the old stone walls.
5
The smiling happy faces of present and would-be politicians that adorned inanimate objects such as telegraph poles, lay-by signs, electricity lamp standards etc.
6
Lamp standards between columns, globe half concealed, by Kelham.
Translations for lamp standards
Portuguese
Catalan