lanterns

Meaning of lanterns

plural noun
  1. a 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
  2. a 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

Middle English: from Old French lanterne, from Latin lanterna, from Greek lamptēr ‘torch, lamp’, from lampein ‘to shine’.

Information about lanterns

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of lanterns is: lantern.
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Hyphenation of lanterns

lanterns

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • lanterns is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with lanterns

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