candelabrum

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
24
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/
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/kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/ · /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/ · /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/ · /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/

Definition of candelabrum

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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”).

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2 words

8-letter words

16 words

7-letter words

71 words

6-letter words

110 words

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