chandelier
a decorative, sometimes ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling, usually having branched supports for a number of lights.
Origin of chandelier
1Other words from chandelier
- chan·de·liered, adjective
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How to use chandelier in a sentence
Initial generations of quantum machines looked like delicate, shimmering chandeliers.
Quantum Chip Takes Microseconds to Do a Task a Supercomputer Would Spend 9,000 Years On | Shelly Fan | June 7, 2022 | Singularity HubIt’s set during the Christmas season and begins with Kidman dressing for an opulent party in a mansion bedazzled with golden chandeliers.
11 Dark Christmas Movies to Watch If You’re Not Quite Feeling the Holiday Spirit | Peg Aloi | December 20, 2021 | TimeMiss Savage X Fenty posed with a braided chandelier as her crown, while wearing Maximilian’s elevated reinvention of a LBD.
Maximilian Secures Its Debut Runway Show At London Fashion Week | Blake Newby | September 27, 2021 | Essence.comGlowing yellow chandeliers came on inside the Capitol as the sky darkened.
Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building | Washington Post Staff | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostHe ate bicycles, grocery carts, chandeliers, the glass in which his beer was served and even, over the course of two years, an entire Cessna airplane.
And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “chandelier” out of your head.
The 10 Best Albums of 2014: Taylor Swift, Sia, Run the Jewels, and More | Marlow Stern | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEntering the theater brings visitors to an ornate lobby with vaulted ceilings, golden walls, and an enormous chandelier.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso | Rich Goldstein | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTaut red fabric on the ceiling above the chandelier gives the room a cool, circus-tent vibe.
Exploring the Darker Side of James Joyce’s Trieste | Jeff Campagna | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTchandelier, swimming pool, patient EKG, Abracadabra, you are free.
He went out to light at the coach lamps a seven-candle chandelier, with which he came back.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasIt was brilliantly lighted, as well by patent lamps, as by a chandelier in the middle.
It seemed to Eric that the amethysts on the Medici boots winked wickedly in the light of the big chandelier.
The Medici Boots | Pearl Norton SwetSo when the three servants came, nothing was there but a church, with a chandelier in it.
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers GrimmSaid Lina: 'Then do you become a church, and I'll be the chandelier in it.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm
British Dictionary definitions for chandelier
/ (ˌʃændɪˈlɪə) /
an ornamental hanging light with branches and holders for several candles or bulbs
Origin of chandelier
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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