candelabrum
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- 24
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Definition of candelabrum
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
“The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass […] Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra / Reflecting light upon the table as / The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it, […]”
“Cyby followed us holding up his candelabrum—I suppose more for his benefit than mine, but it permitted me to see well enough to keep from colliding with the dark oak shelves we passed.”
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Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).
Words you can make from candelabrum
200+ playable · top: AMBULANCE (15 pts)
Best play ambulance 15 points9-letter words
2 words8-letter words
16 words7-letter words
71 words- CRUMBED 14 pts
- CLAMBER 13 pts
- CLUBMAN 13 pts
- CLUBMEN 13 pts
- CLUMBER 13 pts
- CRUMBLE 13 pts
- MACABER 13 pts
- MACABRE 13 pts
- ARMBAND 12 pts
- BEADMAN 12 pts
- CUDBEAR 12 pts
- DECUMAN 12 pts
- DRUMBLE 12 pts
- MACULED 12 pts
- MARBLED 12 pts
- RAMBLED 12 pts
- RUMBAED 12 pts
- RUMBLED 12 pts
- ALBUMEN 11 pts
- ARCANUM 11 pts
- BALANCE 11 pts
- CAMERAL 11 pts
- CARAMEL 11 pts
- CERAMAL 11 pts
- CURABLE 11 pts
- LABARUM 11 pts
- MACULAE 11 pts
- MACULAR 11 pts
- MANACLE 11 pts
- NAMABLE 11 pts
- UNBRACE 11 pts
- ALARMED 10 pts
- BANDEAU 10 pts
- BANDURA 10 pts
- BLANDER 10 pts
- BLUNDER 10 pts
- BUNDLER 10 pts
- CALDERA 10 pts
- CANALED 10 pts
- CANDELA 10 pts
- CANDLER 10 pts
- CRAALED 10 pts
- DECANAL 10 pts
- DRACENA 10 pts
- DURABLE 10 pts
- DURAMEN 10 pts
- DURANCE 10 pts
- LADANUM 10 pts
- LEADMAN 10 pts
- MANDREL 10 pts
- MANURED 10 pts
- MAUNDER 10 pts
- MURALED 10 pts
- UNARMED 10 pts
- UNBALED 10 pts
- UNCARED 10 pts
- UNLACED 10 pts
- ALUMNAE 9 pts
- CANULAE 9 pts
- CANULAR 9 pts
- LACUNAE 9 pts
- LACUNAR 9 pts
- LUCARNE 9 pts
- NEBULAR 9 pts
- NUCLEAR 9 pts
- NUMERAL 9 pts
- UNCLEAR 9 pts
- ADRENAL 8 pts
- LAUNDER 8 pts
- LURDANE 8 pts
- RADULAE 8 pts
6-letter words
110 words- BECALM 12 pts
- CABMAN 12 pts
- CABMEN 12 pts
- CAMBER 12 pts
- CRAMBE 12 pts
- CUMBER 12 pts
- ABDUCE 11 pts
- AMBLED 11 pts
- BADMAN 11 pts
- BADMEN 11 pts
- BEDAMN 11 pts
- BEDLAM 11 pts
- BELDAM 11 pts
- BLAMED 11 pts
- BLUMED 11 pts
- BRACED 11 pts
- CABLED 11 pts
- CALMED 11 pts
- CULMED 11 pts
- CURBED 11 pts
- DUMBER 11 pts
- LAMBDA 11 pts
- LAMBED 11 pts
- MACLED 11 pts
- ACUMEN 10 pts
- ALMUCE 10 pts
- AMBLER 10 pts
- AMEBAN 10 pts
- BACULA 10 pts
- BARMAN 10 pts
- BARMEN 10 pts
- BLAMER 10 pts
- BRUMAL 10 pts
- CABLER 10 pts
- CALMER 10 pts
- CAMERA 10 pts
- CARMAN 10 pts
- CARMEN 10 pts
- CULMEN 10 pts
- LABRUM 10 pts
- LAMBER 10 pts
- LUMBAR 10 pts
- LUMBER 10 pts
- MACULA 10 pts
- MACULE 10 pts
- MARBLE 10 pts
- MARCEL 10 pts
- ABRADE 9 pts
- ALCADE 9 pts
- ALMUDE 9 pts
- ANADEM 9 pts
- ARCADE 9 pts
- AUBADE 9 pts
- BALDER 9 pts
- BANDER 9 pts
- BARNED 9 pts
- BELAUD 9 pts
- BLADER 9 pts
- BLARED 9 pts
- BUNDLE 9 pts
- BURDEN 9 pts
- BURLED 9 pts
- BURNED 9 pts
- CANARD 9 pts
- CANDLE 9 pts
- CAUDAL 9 pts
- CAUDLE 9 pts
- CEDARN 9 pts
- CEDULA 9 pts
- CRADLE 9 pts
- CRANED 9 pts
- CREDAL 9 pts
- CURDLE 9 pts
- CURLED 9 pts
- DAMNER 9 pts
- DANCER 9 pts
- DAUBER 9 pts
- DERMAL 9 pts
- EARBUD 9 pts
- LANCED 9 pts
- MAENAD 9 pts
- MARAUD 9 pts
- MARLED 9 pts
- MAULED 9 pts
- ALARUM 8 pts
- ALMNER 8 pts
- ALUMNA 8 pts
- ANLACE 8 pts
- ARABLE 8 pts
- ARCANE 8 pts
- CANULA 8 pts
- CARNAL 8 pts
- CUNEAL 8 pts
- LACUNA 8 pts
- LACUNE 8 pts
- LANCER 8 pts
- LAUNCE 8 pts
- LUCERN 8 pts
- MANUAL 8 pts
- MANURE 8 pts
- MAULER 8 pts
- AULDER 7 pts
- DARNEL 7 pts
- LANDAU 7 pts
- LANDER 7 pts
- LARNED 7 pts
- LAUDER 7 pts
- LURDAN 7 pts
- ANURAL 6 pts
- LAURAE 6 pts
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