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Chandelier vs Chandelierlike - What's the difference?

chandelier | chandelierlike |

As a noun chandelier

is a branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling.

As an adjective chandelierlike is

resembling or characteristic of a chandelier.

chandelier

Noun

(en noun)
  • A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
  • * 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
  • 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?
  • (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.
  • 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.
  • (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]
  • Chandelier . A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.
  • * 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.
  • Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers ").

    chandelierlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a chandelier.
  • * 1988 , James Houston, Whiteout?
  • Then a clutch of long sharp icicles broke from a chandelierlike mass above his head and fell, shattering around the piano like glass swords.