lantern
lantern is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- 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.
- noun. An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- noun. A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
- noun. 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. ; -- called also lantern brass.
- noun. A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- noun. See Aristotle's lantern.
- transitive verb. To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
- noun. light in a transparent protective case
Common word forms
lanterns, lanterned, lanterning
Words from these letters
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