| Lantern: English to Bangla |
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| Lantern: English to English | | Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. | | Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass. | | Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). | | Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. | | Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. | | Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. | | Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern. | | Lantern (n.) Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosu | | Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse. | |