Lantern (disambiguation)

A lantern is a portable lighting device used to illuminate broad areas.

Lantern may also refer to:

• Lantern (album), an album by the band Clogs
• The Lantern, a student-run newspaper at The Ohio State University
• A circular or polygonal structure above a dome, or other roof, with openings to admit light or air. Often crowned with a cupola, or in the form of a "Lantern Tower".
• A stage lighting instrument used in theatre and television
• A large window above a stage, used before stage lighting to illuminate the action
• The structure enclosing the light and lens of a lighthouse.

See also

• Cage gear, also called a lantern gear or lantern pinion. A type of gear with cylindrical rods for teeth
• Chinese lantern, a paper lantern or sky lantern
• Green Lantern, a fictional DC Comics superhero
• Lanterns of the Dead, an architectural name for the small towers in stone found chiefly in the center and west of France
• The Lanterns, small Tasmanian islands, Australia