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candleboxes

candleboxes is the plural of candlebox.

Meaning of candlebox

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

Questions about candleboxes

What is candleboxes the plural of?
Candleboxes is the plural of candlebox.

Words near candleboxes in the dictionary

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

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