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Definition of Candle holder

1. Noun. A holder with sockets for candles.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Candle Holder

Literary usage of Candle holder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"The candle is placed within a candle holder, carried within a candle bottom. The candle holder consists of a candle holder cup and candle holder cap ..."

2. The Electric Light: Its History, Production, and Applications by Émile Alglave, J. Boulard, Charles Marshall Lungren (1884)
"Four-candle holder. its pivot. This electro-magnet is operated by the current itself; it is therefore inactive when the current is not passing, ..."

3. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by American Railway Association, Master Car Builders' Association, Mechanical Division, Association of American Railroads (1881)
"Candle-holder Cap. A thimble in a candle-holder against which the top of a ... Candle-holder Cup. A metal cup which forms the bottom of a candle-holder. ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1842)
"Sir,—Should the above design for a candle holder be deemed worthy of a place ... В В, the candle holder. С С, two springs on each side of the socket to keep ..."

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