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Lanterns
A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
📖 Definitions of "Lanterns"
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A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings.
- 2
Especially, a metal casing with lens used to illuminate a stage (e.g. spotlight, floodlight).
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An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
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A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lanterns"
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| cagesnoun | An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals. |
| eyes | an American crime drama television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd that aired on ABC from March 30 to April 27, 2005. |
| fittingsnoun | A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine. |
| headlightsnoun | A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair. |
| lampsnoun | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| lightsnoun | The lungs, now chiefly of an animal (being lighter than adjacent parts). |
| lodgersnoun | A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). |
| onesnoun | (sports) A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team). |
| torchesnoun | A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source. |
| luminairesnoun | An electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination. |
| chinese lanternnoun | A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water. |
| candlesnoun | the fourth studio album by the British pop, funk, disco band Heatwave. Arranged, and primarily written by Rod Temperton, it was released on on the GTO record label in the United Kingdom, and the Epic record label (number 36873) in the United States. |
| lantern slidenoun | A slide projected by a magic lantern, an early slide projector. |
| lightbulbsnoun | (Singapore, colloquial) An uninvited third person joining a couple's date who prevents or hinders romantic interactions. |
| lamplightnoun | The light emitted by a lamp. |
| candelabrasnoun | (nonstandard) A single candelabrum. |
| japanese lanternnoun | bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi). |
| lightedverb | Filled with light; illuminated. |
| lanternfishnoun | Any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. |
| glow lampnoun | a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas |
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