Lanterns

What do we mean by lanterns?

A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.

Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).

An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light.

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.

A light formerly used as a signal by a railway guard or conductor at night.

A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Aristotle's lantern

Words that are spelled similarly to lanterns:
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Words that rhyme with lanterns:
anne turns, fan turns, grant turns, kant turns, man turns, plan turns, plant turns.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lanterns:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective lanterns:
lit, swing, caper, history, wave.

Words that sound like lanterns:
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