jack-o'-lantern


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jack-o'-lan·tern

(jăk′ə-lăn′tərn)
n. pl. jack-o'-lanterns
1. A lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin with a carved face, usually displayed on Halloween.
[From earlier Jack-with-a-lantern, man with a lantern, will-o'-the-wisp.]
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jack-o'-lantern

n
1. a lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin, which has holes cut in it to represent a human face
2. (Physical Geography) a will-o'-the-wisp or similar phenomenon
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jack-o'-lan•tern

(ˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn)

n.
1. a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent a human face, traditionally displayed at Halloween, often with a candle or other light inside.
2. any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus.
3. a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, that grows in clusters at the base of tree stumps.
[1655–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:jack-o'-lantern - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground]jack-o'-lantern - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
2. jack-o'-lantern - lantern carved from a pumpkin
lantern - light in a transparent protective case
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Translations

jack-o'-lantern

[ˈdʒækəʊˈlæntən] N
1. (= will-o'-the-wisp) → fuego m fatuo
2. (US) (= Hallowe'en lantern) linterna hecha con una calabaza vaciada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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