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lantern

Lantern is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter L and ends with the letter N for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof to give light and air to the interior.
(n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

Syllable Information

The word lantern is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for lantern is: lan-tern


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