noun

• 1A lamp with a transparent case protecting the flame or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it may be carried or hung.

  ‘a paper lantern’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Over a three-day period, candles, oil lamps, paper lanterns, and electric bulbs are lit to show how angels lit Buddha's return from heaven.’
  • ‘Maxine flicked on the electric lantern she was carrying, filling the corridor with a crisp, bluish light that was strange after the faint orange illumination of the torches.’
  • ‘Our hosts provided us each with a candle-lit paper lantern to carry.’
  • ‘The moon helped out by shining brightly, while the 70 visitors carried torches and lanterns.’
  • ‘You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light bulb with a paper lantern, and lo and behold the place has turned into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile!’
  • ‘And we took note that the decor followed the motif suggested by the restaurant's name, with matching electric lanterns at regular intervals hanging from the ceiling.’
  • ‘The most interesting of the three was the lantern - it carries a curse: if its flame goes out while you pass, you will die within the year.’
  • ‘Immediately, the doors swung open, and a soldier hurried out, carrying a lit lantern.’
  • ‘Daniel was indeed awake, carrying the lit lantern and already halfway to the door when she burst in.’
  • ‘A torch procession will walk to the beach, with children carrying colourful lanterns made at workshops during the day, and on arrival at the beach there will be a large willow sculpture of a phoenix to be set on fire.’
  • ‘Here, away from the street lamps and lanterns of the towns, millions of stars burned blue in the firmament, as though a giant had taken handfuls of glittering sand and flung them into the sky.’
  • ‘In terms of outdoor illumination, colonials who ventured out at night carried torches or lanterns.’
  • ‘Electric lanterns and flashlights have probably dimmed, then gone out.’
  • ‘Along the one-kilometer road, which is closed to traffic at night, Chinese paper lanterns provide dim illumination and an exotic, enticing aura.’
  • ‘Traffic was brought to a standstill for nearly an hour as a succession of people carrying lanterns in all shapes and sizes wound round the streets.’
  • ‘The rescue effort fell to ‘dalesmen and doctors’ who set off at 7pm that night to navigate the punishing terrain carrying lanterns and stretchers.’
  • ‘Thanks to those who helped out during each station, in carrying the cross, carrying the lanterns, singing, reading, sowing etc.’
  • ‘For the past month young and old had been constructing their own lanterns to carry in the procession and they included sparkling swans, stars and angels.’
  • ‘Organisers are also still looking for lanterneers to carry the feature lanterns.’
  • ‘She took her duty to carry her lantern properly very seriously and her day was made when one of the volunteers on the Herb Festival stall complimented her personally.’

  Synonyms

  lamp, flashlight

• 2A square, curved, or polygonal structure on the top of a dome or a room, with the sides glazed or open so as to admit light.

  ‘the building is well lit by the ring of windows in the octagonal lantern’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The hexagonal belfry contains six louvers with pointed arches and is crowned by an octagonal lantern and a copper dome.’
  • ‘Daylight is admitted by a lantern and bounced off a textile covered funnel-shaped reflector built off the column.’
  • ‘On top of each pyramid is a lantern that both brings light to the central stair of the pavilion and acts as a climate control mechanism.’
  • ‘This forms a courtyard, a lantern and a lung for the adjacent interior spaces.’
  • ‘In the center of this Greek cross plan, he placed a rotunda surmounted by a low dome topped by a lantern.’
  • ‘The north wall opens up to the sunken courtyard to draw in cool air, and the tapered lanterns serve as thermal chimneys, with openable louvres to evacuate hot air.’
  • ‘The base of the octagonal lantern is adorned with female heads, an inner rope-twist molding, and an outer lambrequin fringe.’

  1. 2.1The light chamber at the top of a lighthouse.
     More example sentences

     • ‘The proposed aerial will stick out for 1.5 metres alongside the lower walkway railings below the lighthouse lantern, and has two antennae of nearly a metre each.’