jack-o'-lantern

[ jak-uh-lan-tern ]

/ Ë?dÊ’Ã¦k É™ËŒlÃ¦n tÉ™rn /

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noun

a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.

a commercially made lantern resembling this.

any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus.

a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, often found in clusters at the base of hardwood tree stumps.

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Origin of jack-o'-lantern

First recorded in 1655â€“65

Words nearby jack-o'-lantern

jack Mormon, jack oak, jack-of-all-trades, Jack of all trades, master of none, jackoff, jack-o'-lantern, jack pine, jack plane, jack plug, jack post, jackpot

How to use jack-o'-lantern in a sentence

Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.
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And so the â€œGlo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-riaâ€ in this number earns it a spot on my list.
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But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.
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As I size up the scene, Jack White now wears the crown â€¦ and he wears it well.
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
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Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
She is immensely rich, one of the ablest political women in London, and Jack is desperately in love with her.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jack-o'-lantern

jack-o'-lantern

noun

a lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin, which has holes cut in it to represent a human face

a will-o'-the-wisp or similar phenomenon

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