Chandelier
[,ʃændə'lɪə] or [,ʃændə'lɪr]
Definition
(noun.) branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.
Checked by Jeannette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.
(n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.
Typist: Rex
Definition
n. a frame with branches for holding lights.—ns. Chand′ler originally a candle maker and dealer: a dealer generally; Chand′lering.—adv. Chand′lerly.—ns. Chand′lery goods sold by a chandler; Ship′-chand′ler dealer in general stores for ships.
Checker: Max
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a chandelier, portends that unhoped-for success will make it possible for you to enjoy pleasure and luxury at your caprice. To see a broken or ill-kept one, denotes that unfortunate speculation will depress your seemingly substantial fortune. To see the light in one go out, foretells that sickness and distress will cloud a promising future.
Edited by Kathleen
Examples
- Catherine was sitting on the bed, looking at the cut glass chandelier. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As a result it was no uncommon thing to see bright sparks snapping between the chandelier and the lighting wires during a sharp thunder-storm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He thought--for he noticed that the time occupied by the movement of the chandelier from one extreme position to the opposite point, seemed to be exactly uniform. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Margaret stood right under the chandelier, quite silent and passive, while her aunt adjusted the draperies. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Here were made all the small things used on the electric-lighting system, such as sockets, chandeliers, switches, meters, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a long room, with crimson-covered benches, and wax candles in glass chandeliers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She had earrings like chandeliers; you might have lighted 'em up, by Jove--and a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a cornet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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