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candleshade

candleshade is the alternative form of candle-shade.

Meaning of candle-shade

Noun

candle-shade (plural candle-shades)

  1. A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
    • ...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little?1892, F. Anstey, The Talking Horse And Other Tales, →ISBN

Forms of candleshade

pluralcandleshades

Questions about candleshade

What is candleshade the alternative form of?
Candleshade is the alternative form of candle-shade.

Words near candleshade in the dictionary

  1. candlers
  2. candles
  3. candles in the wind
  4. Candlesby
  5. Candlesby with Gunby
  6. candleshade
  7. candleshades
  8. candleshine
  9. candleshines
  10. candlesnuffer
  11. candlesnuffers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candleshade (page history and authors); candle-shade (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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