magic lantern

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a piece of equipment used in the past to make pictures appear on a white wall or screen

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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magic lanternEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary magic lanternEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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magic lantern