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 →

2) A paper lantern is a colourful light hung up for parties and festivals. tree →

3) A jack-o'-lantern is a pumpkin with a face cut in it and a light inside, made at Halloween. tree →

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 →
• Each lantern costs $3. tree →
• 5 lanterns went out. tree →
• The lanterns hang in 3 equal rows. tree →
• We took a lantern when we went camping. tree →
• At the festival, red paper lanterns glowed in the street. tree →
• He carved a jack-o'-lantern with a big smile. tree →
• The old sailor held up his lantern in the fog. tree →
• Where are my lantern and my goat? tree →

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.
• While the Rat and the Otter argue about eels by the fire, the Badger takes the Mole on a tour with a lantern.
• "dēnglong" means lantern; "cāi dēngmí", guessing riddles written on lanterns, is a Lantern Festival game.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lantern» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.