lantern

IPA: ɫˈæntɝn

A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
(theater) Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
(architecture) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
(architecture) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
(architecture) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.
(engineering) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel.
(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.
(rail transport) A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.
(metalworking) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
(zoology) Aristotle's lantern

Examples of "lantern" in Sentences

I snatched a lantern from the wall, lighted it, and followed.
Ignoring his role and starting with another lantern is just silly.
After the show there was a traditional Chinese game called lantern-riddles.
Imagine scouts scouring the woods with a lantern -- with a _lantern_, Renny!
Science employs the same term: it calls the lantern-bearer, _Lampyris noctiluca_, LIN.
Taking down a lantern from a nail by the door, he went out, as was his nightly habit, to look at his grey mare Hannah.
It's what an engine whistle or the swing of a lantern is to us trainmen, and I'm glad our boys play at something so sensible.
“Tá álík” = hanging lamps, often in lantern shape with coloured glass and profuse ornamentation; the Maroccan are now familiar to
I stayed only an hour, but did manage to find one treasure: a 19th-century gold gilt and mesh petite hanging lantern from a French church.