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CHANDELIER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

Synonyms:

chandelier; pendant; pendent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chandelier" is a kind of...):

lighting fixture (a fixture providing artificial light)

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 Context examples: 

So when the three servants came, nothing was there but a church, with a chandelier in it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Said Lina: “Then do you become a church, and I’ll be the chandelier in it.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Taking my hat from the chandelier I followed.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)