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candlebox

candlebox noun: a box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier.

Noun

candlebox (plural candleboxes)

  1. A box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier.
    • The bed, which a stately but insufficient coverlet failed to disguise as a luxurious couch, betrayed a pair of burnt umber blankets, but no trace of sheets, and was supported at one end by a candle box, where the legs had given way.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 7

Forms of candlebox

pluralcandleboxes

Origin of candlebox

From candle + box.

Questions about candlebox

What does candlebox mean?
Candlebox means a box for holding candles, especially one from a candle supplier.
What part of speech is candlebox?
Candlebox is a noun.
What is the plural of candlebox?
The plural of candlebox is candleboxes.

Words near candlebox in the dictionary

  1. candlebeams
  2. candleberries
  3. candleberry
  4. candlebomb
  5. candlebombs
  6. candlebox
  7. candleboxes
  8. candlebush
  9. candled
  10. candlefish
  11. candlefishes

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