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US
/ˌkændəˈɫɑbɹə/
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[ UK /kˈændɪlˌæbɹɐ/ ]
[ UK /kˈændɪlˌæbɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
- branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights
How To Use candelabra In A Sentence
- True, his working environment is near-Victorian, with polished walnut desk, silver candelabra and a porcelain phrenological head.
- In later years insurance companies forced the removal of the old candelabras and these were replaced with little electric lights, lighted by a button.
- A silver candelabra covered with long strands of pearls, white feathers, and calla lilies adorned another set of tables. My Fair Wedding
- I certainly didn't want to spend my time polishing candlesticks and candelabra.
- pitahaya" (_Cereus giganteus_), with columnar shafts and straight upright arms, like the branches of gigantic candelabra; the echino-cacti, too -- those huge mammals of the vegetable world, resting their globular or egg-shaped forms, without trunk or stalk, upon the surface of the earth. The Rifle Rangers
- Shelves sag with elaborate candelabra, shabby rugs overlap on the floor. Times, Sunday Times
- Most of the decorating theft will come from Mr. Gili's own country house and studio in Piedmont: threadbare American flags as makeshift slipcovers, wall-mounted marlins next to Italian candelabras, starfish glued to marble mantels, grass-green window frames against blue walls, pillows tied with silk scarves. Looking at Rooms as Love Affairs
- The show will feature exquisite items from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, including silver, giltwood and crystal chandeliers, sconces and girandoles, candelabra and candlesticks.
- The show will feature exquisite items from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, including silver, giltwood and crystal chandeliers, sconces and girandoles, candelabra and candlesticks.
- The room was filled with hothouse flowers, twinkling electric lights, gilded candelabra, potted palms and crystal and ormolu chandeliers hung with pink roses and asparagus vines. The Bradley-Martin Ball | Edwardian Promenade