noun Download 🔗Share A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. Examples : "The little lantern cast a warm glow on the children's faces as they played in the backyard after school. " utility item device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight). Examples : "The stage manager adjusted the lantern to focus the spotlight on the student playing the lead role. " entertainment stage device technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. Examples : "The school's rooftop had a beautiful lantern, allowing light and air into the classroom. " architecture utility building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. Examples : "The school's new addition featured a beautiful lantern, a decorative cage-like structure that topped the bell tower. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light. Examples : "the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral" architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. Examples : "The blacksmith used the lantern pinion to turn the heavy grindstone. " machine technical part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗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. Examples : "The engineer carefully adjusted the lantern on the piston rod to prevent steam from leaking into the engine. " technical machine part technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night. Examples : "The railway guard used the lantern to signal the approaching train. " signal vehicle technology item machine utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A perforated barrel to form a core upon. Examples : "The carpenter used a lantern to create a core for the new wooden stool. " structure part material machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Aristotle's lantern Examples : "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. " anatomy animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To furnish with a lantern. Examples : "to lantern a lighthouse" utility building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading