jack-o'-lantern

English - Turkish

Definition of jack-o'-lantern in English Turkish dictionary: kabaktan yapılmış fener; bataklık yalazı; bataklık ışığı

English - English

Definition of jack-o'-lantern in English English dictionary: 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; A will o' the wisp; a pumpkin that has a face cut into it and a candle put inside to shine through the holes; lantern carved from a pumpkin; (deyim) 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; 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)