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 Definitions of jack-o'-lantern  [ˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn]  

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Definition of 'jack-o'-lantern' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) jack-o'-lantern
a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent a human face, traditionally displayed at Halloween, often with a candle or other light inside.

2.  jack-o'-lantern
any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus.

3.  jack-o'-lantern
a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, that grows in clusters at the base of tree stumps.

Etymology:  (1655–65)

Definition of 'jack-o'-lantern' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

2. (noun) jack-o'-lantern
lantern carved from a pumpkin


Definition of 'jack-o'-lantern' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) jack-o'-lantern
see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack



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