lantern

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A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings
Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns
sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel
{i} case with transparent sides in which a light is contained; light and its casing; light chamber of a lighthouse; open or windowed structure build on a roof to let in light or air
See Lantern pinion (below)
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior
A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral
A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc
{n} a case for a candle
{a} thin
called also lantern brass
See Aristotle's lantern
light in a transparent protective case
a circular or polygonal turret surrounded by windows or openwork
Small structure with open or windowed sides on top of a roof or dome to let light or air into the enclosed space below
A windowed superstructure at the top of a roof or dome; a small cupola
A perforated barrel to form a core upon
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse
A lantern is a lamp in a metal frame with glass sides and with a handle on top so you can carry it
in architecture, a small circular or polygonal turret with windows all round crowning a roof (see CUPOLA) or a dome
Tower with a window on top of a dome
lantern beetle
several kinds of cicadas with a protrusion on the head resembling a lantern
lantern beetles
plural form of lantern beetle
lantern-jawed
With a protruding or jutting lower jaw
lantern fish
Any of numerous small deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae that have distinguishing phosphorescent light organs along each body wall and that often swim to the surface at night
lantern fly
Any of various chiefly tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae that have an enlarged, elongated head, once thought to be luminescent
lantern fly
large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light
lantern jaw
a long thin lower jaw
lantern pinion
a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
lantern wheel
A small mechanical pinion consisting of circular disks connected by cylindrical bars that serve as teeth. Also called lantern pinion
lantern-jawed
having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance
Chinese lantern
bladder cherry
Jack O'Lantern
Alternative spelling of jack-o'-lantern

We helped the children carve pumpkins into Jack O'Lanterns.

Japanese lantern
bladder cherry
dark lantern
A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light

In the meantime, Mr. Merryweather, we must put the screen over that dark lantern..

dark-lantern
Alternative form of dark lantern
jack o'lantern
A vegetable, usually a pumpkin, but alternatively a turnip, carved into the form of a face and lighted within by a candle. Associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween
jack o'lantern
a strange light that attracts travellers from the paths into dangerous marshes or graveyards, possibly caused by methane, now rarely seen. (See Wikipedia for other explanations)
jack-a-lantern
Alternative spelling of jack o'lantern

Unhappily, or happily, we are unprovided with a jack-a-lantern. — John Sullivan Dwight, Dwight's Journal of Music (1857).

jack-o'-lantern
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
jack-o'-lantern
A will o' the wisp
magic lantern
An old name for a slide projector
magic lantern
An early form of slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images
magic lantern show
An old name for a slideshow, often using an early form of slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images
jack o' lantern
(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
A lantern
lanthorn
Chinese lantern
n. A decorative collapsible lantern of thin, brightly colored paper. a small box made of thin paper that you put a light inside as a decoration
Chinese lantern
collapsible lantern made of thin colored paper (originated in China); winter cherry, plant of Eurasia that has red berries contained in orange papery cases (of the nightshade family); berry of the winter cherry plant
aristotles lantern
The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins
chinese lantern
a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors; used for decorative purposes
chinese lantern plant
Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
dark lantern
a lantern with a sliding panel to conceal the light
dark lantern
{i} lantern that has a sliding panel used to dim or conceal its light
dark lantern
A lantern whose light can be blocked, as by a sliding panel
fresnel lantern
A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens
friar's lantern
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
friar's lantern
{i} ignis fatuus, phosphorous weak light which hovers over the ground in marshy areas
jack o' lantern
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)
jack-o'-lantern
a pumpkin that has a face cut into it and a candle put inside to shine through the holes
jack-o'-lantern
lantern carved from a pumpkin
jack-o-lantern
a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
jack-o-lantern fungus
a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
lanterns
plural of lantern
magic lantern
projector
magic lantern
an early form of slide projector
magic lantern
An optical device formerly used to project an enlarged image of a picture. a piece of equipment used in the past to make pictures shine onto a wall or screen
storm lantern
a lamp which has a cover to protect the flame against the wind, used in the past
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(İnşaat) raised skylight
şeytan feneri Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern
(a paper lantern)
lantern
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