Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A holder for a candle or candles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who holds a candle; hence, one who remotely assists, but is otherwise not a sharer, in some affair or undertaking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device for holding one or more lit
candles
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a holder with sockets for candles
Etymologies
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Examples
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Beside the candleholder was a metal device that looked like a combination between tongs and strange scissors.
The Soprano Sorceress Modesitt, L. E. 1997
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In all, 16 rooms have been re-created at Claverton Manor—none more charming than the one dedicated to Shaker furniture, where pride of place is taken by a candleholder with prettily bowed legs, elegant in its simplicity.
Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011
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I try any stunt like that, and I'd find myself with a new hole in the top of my skull deep enough to use as a candleholder.
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A candleholder that looked like the illegitimate offspring of a horse and a dachshund
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2009
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A candleholder of the Buddha where his candle and its flame would be ... even less fortunately placed
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2009
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A candleholder where you have to put a candle inside Jesus 'glass head
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2009
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In all, 16 rooms have been re-created at Claverton Manor—none more charming than the one dedicated to Shaker furniture, where pride of place is taken by a candleholder with prettily bowed legs, elegant in its simplicity.
Telling Our Story Across the Pond Richard Holledge 2011
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A candleholder in the shape of a man slapping his own ass while balancing a candle on his head
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2009
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Macabre can mean a small tart yellow fruit, just as easily as "lemon" can be used to describe an ornate candleholder.
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Macabre can mean a small tart yellow fruit, just as easily as "lemon" can be used to describe an ornate candleholder.
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