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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A branched cluster of lights suspended from a ceiling by means of a tubular rod (as is usual when gas is used), or by a chain or other device. Originally the word signified a candlestick, then a cluster of candlesticks; finally the distinction became established between a candelabrum, which is a standard, and a chandelier, which is a pendant. Compare luster.
  2. n. In fortification, a movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
  3. n. A tallowchandler.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
  2. n. auction A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a wall.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
  2. n. (Fort.), obsolete A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

Etymologies

  1. From French, from Latin candelabrum, from candela ("a candle"); see candle. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English chandeler, from Old French chandelier, from Vulgar Latin *candēlārium, alteration of Latin candēlābrum, candelabrum; see candelabrum. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (1)

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  1. candlestick

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  1. lighting fixture

same context (23)

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  1. candelabra
  2. tapestry
  3. vase
  4. fixture
  1. cornice
  2. lantern
  3. painting
  4. fireplace
  1. lamp
  2. furnishings
  3. carving
  4. ceiling
  1. staircase
  2. crucifix
  3. fresco
  4. furniture
  1. ornament
  2. urn
  3. fitting
  4. mosaic
  1. brooch
  2. bonfire
  3. bookcase

rhymes (115)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bombardier
  2. Chevalier
  3. Clear
  4. Deere
  5. Fear
  6. Greer
  7. Imagineer
  8. Lanier
  9. Lear
  10. Meir
  11. Mir
  12. Rainier
  13. Revere
  14. Sabir
  15. Sameer
  16. Samir
  17. Shamir
  18. Speer
  19. Zaire
  20. adhere
  21. amir
  22. appear
  23. auctioneer
  1. austere
  2. bandolier
  3. beer
  4. belvedere
  5. bere
  6. bioengineer
  7. bombardier
  8. brigadier
  9. budgeteer
  10. career
  11. cashier
  12. cavalier
  13. cheer
  14. chevalier
  15. clear
  16. cohere
  17. commandeer
  18. conventioneer
  19. dear
  20. deer
  21. deere
  22. disappear
  23. domineer
  1. ear
  2. electioneer
  3. emir
  4. engineer
  5. fear
  6. fier
  7. financier
  8. fleer
  9. frontier
  10. gear
  11. geer
  12. gere
  13. gondolier
  14. insincere
  15. interfere
  16. jeer
  17. kier
  18. kir
  19. lanier
  20. lear
  21. marketeer
  22. mear
  23. mere
  1. mir
  2. mutineer
  3. near
  4. neer
  5. pamphleteer
  6. peer
  7. persevere
  8. pier
  9. pioneer
  10. premier
  11. premiere
  12. profiteer
  13. queer
  14. racketeer
  15. rainier
  16. reappear
  17. rear
  18. reengineer
  19. revere
  20. sabir
  21. sear
  22. sere
  23. severe
  1. shear
  2. sheer
  3. shere
  4. sincere
  5. smear
  6. sneer
  7. souvenir
  8. spear
  9. speir
  10. sphere
  11. steer
  12. summiteer
  13. tear
  14. teer
  15. unclear
  16. veer
  17. veneer
  18. volunteer
  19. wazir
  20. wier
  21. year
  22. zahir
  23. zaire

reverse dictionary (19)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. gaselier
  2. chandler
  3. luster
  1. droplight
  2. gasolier
  3. three-light
  1. cantharus
  2. gasalier
  3. lamp-hanger
  1. drop
  2. prism
  3. pendant
  1. branch
  2. candelabrum
  3. corona
  1. Jesse
  2. pendulum
  3. pinching-tongs
  1. ring-burner

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  • Prolagus Autumn hanging down all the trees are draped like chandeliers
    Now Sukie saw the beauty but she wasn’t wet behind the ears
    She had an A1 body and a face to match
    She didn’t have money, she didn’t have cash
    With the winter coming on, and the attic cold
    She had to press her nose on the refectory wall.

    (Sukie in the graveyard, by Belle and Sebastian) Sep 5, 2008

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