Candlabra vs Chandelier - What's the difference?
candlabra | chandelier |
A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
* 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
(auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a wall.
* 2007 , Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.
(obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
* 1747 , , The Scots Book , volume 9, p. 37. [http://books.google.com/books?id=FVwAAAAAYAAJ&dq=chandelier%20is%20a%20wooden%20frame&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q=chandelier%20is%20a%20wooden%20frame&f=false]
* 1994 , Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers , University of Texas Press, p. 32.
candlabra
Not English
Candlabra has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'candlabra':
candelabra, chandelier, condylar, cantilever, cantilena, chandler, centiliter, canoodler, condyloma, condoler, cuntlicker, cantaleverchandelier
English
(wikipedia chandelier)Noun
(en noun)- She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
- A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.
- Chandelier . A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.
- Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers ").
