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Definition of lantern:
- A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
- 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.
- A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See pinion ( below).
- A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
- 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.
- An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
- See Aristotle's lantern.
- 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.
- To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
Synonyms:
glass, architectural, hanging, optical, oil, magic, cupola, lighting device, paper, Chinese, barn, hand, poop, gas, railroad, Japanese, police, tower, dark, electric, horn, lantern of the dead.
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light source (part of speech: noun)
- moon,
- oil lamp,
- arc lamp,
- pilot light,
- light bulb,
- taper,
- illuminator,
- fluorescent light,
- desk light,
- jack-o'-lantern,
- moonbeam,
- incandescent light,
- lamp,
- light,
- sun,
- star,
- klieg light,
- flashlight,
- tungsten lamp,
- torch,
- headlight,
- beacon,
- table lamp,
- candle,
- flame,
- fire,
- street lamp,
- mercury-vapor lamp,
- spotlight,
- floor lamp,
- floodlight,
- neon light,
- flare,
- searchlight