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candelabra

candelabra is the plural of candelabrum.

Meaning of candelabrum

Noun

candelabrum (plural candelabra or (very rare) candelabrums)

  1. A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
    • The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass […] Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra / Reflecting light upon the table as / The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it, […]1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 17

Noun

candelabra (plural candelabras)

  1. (nonstandard) A single candelabrum.
    • […] his head was like a sturdy candelabra holding his eyes transfixed as hers sparked amber crystals for this man.2006, Richard R. Kennedy, Angel Queen: A Medieval Epic Fantasy, Lulu Publishers, →ISBN, page 230

Forms of candelabra

pluralcandelabras

Words formed from candelabra

Phrases with candelabra

Questions about candelabra

What does candelabra mean?
Candelabra means a single candelabrum.
What is candelabra the plural of?
Candelabra is the plural of candelabrum.
What part of speech is candelabra?
Candelabra is a noun.
What is the plural of candelabra?
The plural of candelabra is candelabras.

Words near candelabra in the dictionary

  1. candaulism
  2. candaulist
  3. candee
  4. candees
  5. candela
  6. candelabra
  7. candelabra lilies
  8. candelabra lily
  9. candelabra tree
  10. candelabra trees
  11. candelabraform

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candelabra (page history and authors); candelabrum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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