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ALL meanings of jack-o'-lantern

jack-o'-lan·tern
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  • noun jack-o'-lantern Halloween: carved pumpkin 1
  • noun jack-o'-lantern 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. 1
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a commercially made lantern resembling this. 1
  • noun jack-o'-lantern any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus. 1
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, often found in clusters at the base of hardwood tree stumps. 1
  • countable noun jack-o'-lantern A jack-o'-lantern is a lantern made from a hollow pumpkin that has been carved to look like a face. 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin, which has holes cut in it to represent a human face 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a will-o'-the-wisp or similar phenomenon 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a shifting, elusive light seen over marshes at night; will-o'-the-wisp 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern a hollow pumpkin cut to look like a face and usually illuminated inside as by a candle, used as a decoration at Halloween 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. 0
  • noun jack-o'-lantern (archaic) A will o' the wisp. 0
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