Candleholder

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  • noun. A holder for a candle or candles.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A person who holds a candle; hence, one who remotely assists, but is otherwise not a sharer, in some affair or undertaking.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance.
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  • noun. A device for holding one or more lit candles
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a holder with sockets for candles
    • Word Usage
    "Beside the candleholder was a metal device that looked like a combination between tongs and strange scissors."
    Hypernym
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    holder  
    Hyponym
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    candelabra  candelabrum  candlestick  girandola  girandole  
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