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[ noun ] branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
Synonyms Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He observed the Florentine vase in the hall , the Renoir painting in the library , as_well_as the long shelves of well-bound volumes ; the pattern of the Oriental rug , the delicate cut-glass chandelier . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He thought_of the old_man laughing under the glitter of the great chandelier . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier . Related terms |
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