jack-o'-lantern

English - Turkish

Definition of jack-o'-lantern in English Turkish dictionary

kabaktan yapılmış fener

bataklık yalazı

bataklık ışığı

English - English

Definition of jack-o'-lantern in English English dictionary

A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle

A will o' the wisp

a pumpkin that has a face cut into it and a candle put inside to shine through the holes

lantern carved from a pumpkin

(deyim) 1. Ignis fatuus. 2. a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face 3. a large orangish gill fungus (Omphalotus olearius syn. Clitocybe illudens) that is poisonous and luminescent

pumpkin whose top and stalk are cut out and the inner part removed and then the outer shell is carved in a decorative manner (usually it is illuminated from within by a candle and used for Halloween)

Hyphenation

jack-o'-lan·tern

Etymology

() Originally, a night watchman who carried a lantern. (See Jack)