lampshading

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noun

The practice of decorating lampshades.

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Meanings

nounlampshading (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of decorating lampshades.

    Finally she took a job decorating lampshades. Lampshading, as she called it, left her drained and without impetus or inspiration to draw, which always made her unhappy.

    1993, Audur H. Winnan, Wanda Gág: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints, Smithsonian Institution Press, →ISBN, page 8
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lampshade

Origin

From lampshade + -ing.

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APA

lampshading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lampshading

MLA

“lampshading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lampshading. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lampshading,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lampshading.

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