noun🔗ShareA case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings."The little lantern cast a warm glow on the children's faces as they played in the backyard after school. "utilityitemdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEspecially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight)."The stage manager adjusted the lantern to focus the spotlight on the student playing the lead role. "entertainmentstagedevicetechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior."The school's rooftop had a beautiful lantern, allowing light and air into the classroom. "architectureutilitybuildingstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns."The school's new addition featured a beautiful lantern, a decorative cage-like structure that topped the bell tower. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light."the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral"architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA lantern pinion or trundle wheel."The blacksmith used the lantern pinion to turn the heavy grindstone. "machinetechnicalpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(steam engines) 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.; a lantern brass."The engineer carefully adjusted the lantern on the piston rod to prevent steam from leaking into the engine. "technicalmachineparttechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night."The railway guard used the lantern to signal the approaching train. "signalvehicletechnologyitemmachineutilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA perforated barrel to form a core upon."The carpenter used a lantern to create a core for the new wooden stool. "structurepartmaterialmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAristotle's lantern"During marine biology class, we examined a sea urchin's intricate "Aristotle's lantern," the jaw-like structure it uses to scrape algae off rocks. "anatomyanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo furnish with a lantern."to lantern a lighthouse"utilitybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
