street lamp meaning

Definition of street lamp

1. a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street

   Synonyms: streetlight

   Type of: lamp

street lamp in a sentence

• The street lamps don't give enough light.
• Tom fell asleep at the wheel and hit a street lamp.

How to pronounce street lamp

street lamp is pronounced /striːt læmp/ in British English and /strit læmp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.