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  lunt

  noun

  a match; the flame used to light a fire.
• Lunt
  Lunt

  noun

  Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).

lunt

¹ American  

[luhnt, loont] / lʌnt, lunt /

noun

1. a match; the flame used to light a fire.

2. smoke or steam, especially smoke from a tobacco pipe.

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verb (used without object)

1. to emit smoke or steam.

2. to smoke a pipe.

verb (used with object)

1. to kindle (a fire).

2. to light (a pipe, torch, etc.).

3. to smoke (a pipe).

Lunt ² American  

[luhnt] / lʌnt /

noun

1. Alfred, 1893–1977, U.S. actor (husband of Lynn Fontanne).

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Etymology

Origin of lunt

1540–50; < Dutch lont match, fuse; akin to Middle Low German lunte match, wick

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Example Sentences

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He returned into the rocky chamber, rekindled the lunt, came out, and closing the iron door behind him made his way along the banks of the cold Szamos.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by M?r J?kai

It was the lunt of a musket, which someone was hiding beneath his mantle to prevent it from going out.

From Pretty Michal by Mór Jókai

The challenge was of use, the freebooter lowered his lunt.

From Pretty Michal by Mór Jókai

He became quite friendly; he extinguished the lunt by stamping on it with his foot, tapped my shoulder in a confidential manner and called me little brother.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by M?r J?kai

She fuff't her pipe wi' sic a lunt, In wrath she was sae vap'rin, She notic't na an aizle brunt Her braw, new, worset apron Out thro' that night.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

As Peter Brook, who directed the 1958 Broadway premiere starring Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, wrote in “The Empty Space,” “If you just let a play speak, it may not make a sound.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

He took two companions with him, recorded as Ford and Lunt, and ascended from the Capitoline baseball ground in Brooklyn, but the balloon never reached the ocean.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2024

Professor Dan Lunt, from the University of Bristol, said: 'This study shows that over the course of Earth's history, the extinction risk of marine life has been inextricably linked to climate change.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024

His wedding with his first wife, Beryl Lunt, made headlines external-link in the Staffordshire Sentinel in 1938 after attracting a crowd of 2,000 of well-wishers despite attempts to keep the ceremony a secret.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2023

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were the old couple, and they were very good, but I didn't like them much.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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