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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 had a square red face which I could see only indistinctly above the burning lunt he carried in one hand, blowing it continually to prevent it from going out.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 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

I give it in the original language, with a literal translation: DE SAD DER, DE TO— De sad der, de to, i saa lunt et hus ved host og i venterdage, Saa braendte huset.

From The Master Builder by Edmund Gosse

Meanwhile the foreign captain had taken the lunt in his own hand to fire the largest cannon, such a cannon as none of the Cossacks had ever beheld before.

From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

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

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

Donaldson couldn’t control it; he jumped from the basket with Ford but Lunt was too late and died of his injuries six months after the disaster.

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

Vaughan's lawyer, Paul Lunt, told BBC Sport there had been some "difficult, challenging times and some dark times" for his client, as well as "everybody involved".

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 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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