Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun 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.
  • noun In fortification, a movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
  • noun A tallowchandler.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From French, from Latin candelabrum, from candela ("a candle"); see candle.

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  • 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)

    September 5, 2008