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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
candelabra
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Every few feet were huge eight-branched candelabra, each with its own beeswax candles.
▪ He remembered the tall thin red ones Zoe used to put in the silver candelabra when she was entertaining.
▪ It was the tallest tree, and June and July saw its waxy flowers bold as a candelabra.
▪ Multi-bracketed candelabra placed along the centre helped the sconce torches to bathe the room in light.
▪ Price's candles to fill the candelabra are kept with the dry stores in the cellars.
▪ She'd covered the table with a snow-white cloth, and she lit a seven branched olive candelabra.
▪ So she brings in a whole candelabra and balances it on the floor.
▪ There they encountered nine round tables for eight, decorated with gold candelabra and muted pastel flowers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
candelabra

candelabra \candelabra\ n.

  1. a branched, ornamental candlestick having several sockets for candles.

    Syn: candelabrum.

  2. a branched, ornamental electric light fixture, resembling an candelabra[wn1], having several sockets for lights.

    Syn: candelabrum.

candelabra

Candelabrum \Can`de*la"brum\n.; pl. L. Candelabra, E. Candelabrums. [L., fr. candela candle. See candle.]

  1. (Antiq.)

    1. A lamp stand of any sort.

    2. A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

  2. A large candlestick, having several branches; also called candelabra.

Wiktionary
candelabra

n. 1 (plural of candelabrum English) 2 (context nonstandard English) A single candelabrum.

WordNet
candelabra
candelabra

n. branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabrum]

candelabrum

  1. n. branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn: candelabra]

  2. [also: candelabra (pl)]

Wikipedia
Candelabra

A candelabrum (plural candelabrums, candelabra, candelabras), sometimes called a candle tree, is a candle holder with multiple arms. The word comes from Latin.

In modern usage the plural form "candelabra" is frequently used in the singular sense, with the true singular form "candelabrum" becoming rare. Likewise, "candelabra" and "candelabras" are preferred over "candelabrums" as the plural form. Although the electrification of indoor lighting has relegated candleholders to the status of backup light sources in most homes and other buildings, interior designers continue to model light fixtures and lighting accessories after candelabra and candlesticks. Accordingly, the term "candelabra" has entered common use as a collective term for small-based incandescent light bulbs used in chandeliers and other lighting fixtures made for decoration as well as lighting.

In the Iglesia ni Cristo and in Jewism, the menorah is a special kind of candelabrum.

Usage examples of "candelabra".

I got a new hold of him as we staggered and plunged, roaring the while like the wild beasts we were, the teeth chattering in the Martian heads as they watched us, and then, exerting all my strength, lifted him fairly from his feet and with supreme effort swung him up, shoulder high, and with a mighty heave hurled him across the tables, flung that ambassador, whom no Martian dared look upon, crashing and sprawling through the gold and silver of the feast, whirled him round with such a splendid send that bench and trestle, tankards and flagons, chairs and cloths and candelabras all went down into thundering chaos with him, and the envoy only stayed when his sacred person came to harbour amongst the westral odds and ends, the soiled linen, and dirty platters of our wedding feast.

Gawaine scowled, but looked where Naitachal was looking: High above them, in the space which had been a vault between two truly gruesomely ornate candelabras, there hung a brilliantly decorated, gilt egg.

In keeping with the Christmas theme, red and green crepe festooned wagon wheel candelabras and the open balconies of the second floor.

It was a wonderful atmosphere, the only illumination coming from the nickering candelabra and the log fire.

Impulsively, Caroline yanked the beeswax candles out of the candelabra and replaced them with the tallow ones in her bag.

So if he bought a new candelabra, one could be assured that it would be on display in the dining room.

A stomacher of intricate worked silver caught the gleam of the dying day, even through the rain and mist, as she turned away slightly in the darkness and worked some small cantrip that made the candelabra in her hand burst into warm flame.

He took it with a bow and in the same motion he assumed the lofty bearing of the candelabra, their fingers brushing each other for a moment.

As they swept away out of sight down a dart-paneled inner passage, the guards could have collet-lively sworn that the flames of that bobbing candelabra winked.

The walls were adorned with oil paintings depicting various members of the Low-Pearson family, all looking as if they were peering through dark gauze towards the centre of the room where the candelabra were placed at each end of a sofa table to give light to the game of chess in progress.

As he walked to the closet, Kevin picked up the candelabra from the dresser and opened the door.

There were gilt and crystal sconces on the walls and a bowl of flowers between the candelabra on the table.

Brass censers, candelabras, arid assorted plants are situated around the room.

Some held boxes from which dangled strings of jewels, while others held ornate and begemmed candelabras, or single golden candlesticks, and yet others garments across outstretched handsgarments of the finest silks and cloth of gold, into which had been set rubies and emeralds, or scores of tiny brilliants, or thousands of tiny round, gold-veined mirrors.

Against the walls of some of the houses there were pear trees, their branches candelabraed against the white walls.