Jack-o'-lantern
31jack-o-lantern fungus — noun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent • Syn: ↑jack o lantern, ↑jack a lantern, ↑Omphalotus illudens • Hypernyms: ↑agaric • Member Holonyms: ↑Omphalotus, ↑ …
32jack-o'-lantern — noun 1. a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground • Syn: ↑friar s lantern, ↑ignis fatuus, ↑will o the wisp • Hypernyms: ↑light, ↑visible light, ↑visible radiation 2. lantern carved …
33jack-a-lantern — n. Jack with a lantern, Will o the wisp, Will with the wisp, ignis fatuus …
34jack-o'-lantern — /ˈdʒæk ə læntən/ (say jak uh lantuhn) noun a lantern made from a hollowed out pumpkin, with holes cut to represent human eyes, nose, mouth, etc. {a compression of an old phrase referring to a man with a lantern or a nightwatchman} …
35jack-o'-lantern — noun Date: 1667 1. ignis fatuus 2. a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face 3. a large orangish gill fungus (Omphalotus olearius syn. Clitocybe illudens) that is poisonous and luminescent …
36jack-o'-lantern — noun 1》 a lantern made from a hollowed out pumpkin or turnip in which holes are cut to represent facial features. 2》 archaic a will o the wisp …
37jack o'lantern — noun a) a strange light that attracts travellers from the paths into dangerous marshes or graveyards, possibly caused by methane, now rarely seen. (See Wikipedia for other explanations) b) A vegetable, usually a pumpkin, but alternatively a… …
38jack-o'-lantern — noun /ˈdʒæk.əʊˌlæn.tən,ˈdʒæk.oʊˌlæn.tɚn,ˈdʒæk.əˌlæn.tɚn/ a) 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. b) A… …
39jack o' lantern — n. pumpkin whose top and stalk are cut out and the inner part removed and then the outer shell is carved in a decorative manner (usually it is illuminated from within by a candle and used for Halloween) …
40jack-o'-lantern n — jock n …
