Meaning of lanternlike | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a lantern.

Examples

“I have viewed, I believe, every cathedral between Magdeburg in the North, and St. Januarius on the South, and from the mystic gloom of St. Stephen's, at Vienna, to the lanternlike brilliance of St. Ouen, at Rouen; and in many of these it has been my lot to witness the most august and imposing services of the Catholic worship.”

“The interior, as will he seen by the illustrations, is representative of old Dutch styles. The unique feature of the lighting is the lanternlike enclosures for the incandescent lamps, which are mounted on posts, giving a decidedly novel and pleasing effect.”

“Tiny, greenish or pinkish, lanternlike flowers hide under branch tips in early to midspring.”

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