Meaning of lantern in English
- During this festival, women paint their hands with henna, and homes are decorated with colorful paper lanterns.
- Now red is a symbol at New Year: people wear new red clothes, they decorate their houses with red lanterns, and they have fireworks covered in red paper.
- We’re going to put paper lanterns in the trees in the garden for the party tonight.
lantern | Intermediate English
Examples of lantern
lantern
This was not an electrical blackout, of course; homes and businesses did not have electricity in those years, and were illuminated by lanterns and candles.
From CNN
And at night, the lanterns light up the lagoon.
From Dallas Morning News
With solar lanterns, villagers can come back home after 5 o'clock, and still have light (because the lanterns charge all day).
From Huffington Post
Smoke detectors, he learned, contain small amounts of a radio-active element called americium, while camping lanterns contain thorium.
From CNN
The company got its start in 1879 making lanterns for horse drawn carriages.
From USA TODAY
It offers a lot of convenience and looks and sounds great, too -- things like overgrown cobwebs and the creaking of lanterns give this game style.
From VentureBeat
The first one burned down in the second episode after an incident with an oil-burning lantern.
From A.V. Club
At night, the interior lights glow through the paper doors, giving it a lantern-like appearance.
From CNET
Above, a canopy of lanterns and colorful light strings makes the space glow.
From NOLA.com
The charismatic guides in historic costumes tell their tales by the flickering lights of an oil-burning lantern.
From Huffington Post
Explore the site at night via the "lantern tour" (call 718-338-3799 for reservations) or check out the goats by day.
From New York Post
Lantern has a time line that combines all my communications and photos in one neat interface.
From The Atlantic
Most families will take the time to clean houses and shops before decorating them with twinkling lights and lanterns.
Many families will take the time to clean houses and shops before decorating them with twinkling lights and lanterns.
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Translations of lantern
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fener, el feneri…
lanterne…
lantaarn…
lucerna…
lanterne…
lentera…
ตะเกียง…
đèn lồng, đèn xách…
lampion, latarnia…
lykta, lanterna…
tanglung…
die Laterne…
lykt, lanterne…
ліхтар…
фонарь…
