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# lantern

«lantern» in Mova's school dictionary: **a lamp you can carry, with a light inside a glass or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lantern, lanterns)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lantern is a lamp you can carry, with a light inside a glass or paper case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#m1)

2) A paper lantern is a colourful light hung up for parties and festivals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#m2)

3) A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin with a face cut in it and a light inside, made at Halloween. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted, bought or hung in rows; in everyday life lanterns are used for camping and power cuts; in stories and festivals (Lunar New Year, Diwali, Halloween) lanterns glow at night; in history people carried oil lanterns before electric lights

### examples

- They hang 18 lanterns in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x1)
- Each lantern costs $3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x2)
- 5 lanterns went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x3)
- The lanterns hang in 3 equal rows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x4)
- We took a lantern when we went camping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x5)
- At the festival, red paper lanterns glowed in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x6)
- He carved a jack-o'-lantern with a big smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x7)
- The old sailor held up his lantern in the fog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x8)
- Where are my lantern and my goat? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/#x9)

### note

A thing counted; it gives no clue for the operation. Safety: a lantern with a real flame can start a fire; battery lanterns are safer for children and tents.

### In the corpora

- [Sea urchins are covered with movable spines that point towards a threat, and their mouth underneath has five teeth called Aristotle's lantern.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/11/)
- [While the Rat and the Otter argue about eels by the fire, the Badger takes the Mole on a tour with a lantern.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/0/)
- ["dēnglong" means lantern; "cāi dēngmí", guessing riddles written on lanterns, is a Lantern Festival game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/27-lanterns-dragon-boats-mooncakes-birthdays/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lantern» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lantern/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.