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girandoles

girandoles is the plural of girandole.

Meaning of girandole

Noun

girandole (plural girandoles)

  1. An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
    • As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XVIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
  2. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

Questions about girandoles

What is girandoles the plural of?
Girandoles is the plural of girandole.

Words near girandoles in the dictionary

  1. girandola
  2. girandolas
  3. girandole
  4. girandole clock
  5. girandole clocks
  6. girandoles
  7. Girard
  8. Girard form class
  9. Girard form classes
  10. Girard's paradox
  11. Girardeau

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