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CHANDELIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("chandelier" is a kind of...):
lighting fixture (a fixture providing artificial light)
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)
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