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jack-o'-lantern
[ jak-uh-lan-tern ]
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.
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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of jack-o'-lantern1
Example Sentences
“I’m David Pumpkins,” Hanks — dressed in a jack-o'-lantern suit — announced to cheers from the crowd.
As the popularity of items like theirs Knuckle Head Pumpkins reveals, Super Freak pumpkins are amazing jack-o'-lantern material.
Several pictures, notably a nighttime scene of a beaming jack-o'-lantern and its reflection in a window, are tightly focused, dramatically lighted and composed.
Prepare one in the usual way by cutting off the top and scooping out the inside, but instead of carving the pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern, plop a jar with water and flowers inside.
Zoo guest Michelle Wolfe stopped by the zoo’s Tiger Crossroads exhibit in October 2019, where she got to see a Sumatran tiger’s attempt at carrying a jack-o'-lantern, according to South West News Service.
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