candelabrumlike
candelabrumlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.
Adjective
candelabrumlike (comparative more candelabrumlike, superlative most candelabrumlike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.
- And now I took the Sixth Avenue El to Twenty-third Street, walked a block east to the intersection of Broadway and Fifth, and out in the street, protected by a marvelous candelabrumlike streetlamp—Why was it ever removed?—I set my camera on the rim of a large horse-trough, and took this time...1970, Jack Finney, chapter 18, in Time and Again, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 265
- Figures have been introduced around a central candelabrumlike structure to add decorative interest to this pilaster.1994, Alain Gruber, translated by John Goodman, “Grotesques”, in Alain Gruber, editor, The History of Decorative Arts: Renaissance and Mannerism in Europe, New York, N.Y.: Abbeville Press, →ISBN...
Forms of candelabrumlike
| comparative | more candelabrumlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most candelabrumlike |
| alternative form | candelabralike |
Origin of candelabrumlike
From candelabrum + -like.
Questions about candelabrumlike
- What does candelabrumlike mean?
- Candelabrumlike means resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.
- What part of speech is candelabrumlike?
- Candelabrumlike is an adjective.
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