Definition of Candle holder

1. Noun. A holder with sockets for candles.

Exact synonyms: Candlestick
Specialized synonyms: Candelabra, Candelabrum, Girandola, Girandole
Generic synonyms: Holder
Terms within: Pricket

Lexicographical Neighbors of Candle Holder

candied
candied apple
candied citrus peel
candied fruit
candied fruits
candies
candified
candiru
candirus
candite
candle
candle-meter
candle-power
candle coal
candle flame
candle holder (current term)
candle in the wind
candle power
candle snuffer
candle snuffers
candle wax
candleberries
candleberry
candlebomb
candlebombs
candled
candlefish
candlefishes
candleholder
candleholders

Literary usage of Candle holder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"The candle is placed within a candle holder, carried within a candle bottom. The candle holder consists of a candle holder cup and candle holder cap ..."

2. The Electric Light: Its History, Production, and Applications by Émile Alglave, J. Boulard, Charles Marshall Lungren (1884)
"Four-candle holder. its pivot. This electro-magnet is operated by the current itself; it is therefore inactive when the current is not passing, ..."

3. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1881)
"Candle-holder Cap. A thimble in a candle-holder against which the top of a ... Candle-holder Cup. A metal cup which forms the bottom of a candle-holder. ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1842)
"Sir,—Should the above design for a candle holder be deemed worthy of a place ... В В, the candle holder. С С, two springs on each side of the socket to keep ..."

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