chandelier

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Even Jethro, as he ate his crackers and milk, had a new coat with bright brass buttons, and Cynthia, who wore a fresh gingham which Miss Sukey Kittredge of Coniston had helped to design, so far relented in deference to Jethro's taste as to tie a red bow at her throat The middle table under the chandelier was the immediate firmament of Miss Cassandra Hopkins.

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  1. noun A branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling.

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  • It looks like a chandelier, but it's actually a robotic music instrument. —  Tod Machover and Dan Ellsey play new music
  • The boy quit his job in the city and they went back to their home town where the boy took a job in the Farmers Exchange, and Betty made a great success of raising chickens and children, thereafter Therefore, Betty Free, the stenographer for Best ; Stone, had no more than momentary-if noisy-importance in the matter The man in the chandelier was a different proposition. —  115 - The Fiery Menace
  • So, in a wilderness you get to pick morels for yourself, but not sell them, just as a hunter can kill for himself but not sell the meat; and a horn-collector can pick up antlers to make into a chandelier -- but he can neither sell the antlers nor the chandelier; and a trapper can add to his silent zoo, but can't sell a fur from an animal trapped in wilderness. —  NewWest.Net All Headlines
  • Classical style chandeliers like neoclassical style chandelier and regency style chandelier are also highly popular. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
  • Along with the always fabulous SimpleHuman trash can and the romantic faux candle chandelier, these gleaming accents will add style and shine to Liz's kitchen. —  RVABlogs
 

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  1. Middle English chandeler, from Old French chandelier, from Vulgar Latin *candēlārium, alteration of Latin candēlābrum, candelabrum; see candelabrum.

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  1. from French chandelier = Provencal candelier, candelar = Spanish candelero = Portuguese candeeiro, candieiro = Italian candelliere = Dutch kandelaar, from Middle Latin candelarius, masculine, candelaria, feminine, a candlestick, from Latin candela, a candle: see candle. Cf. chandler, which is the older English form.
 

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/ʃændɛˈlir/
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