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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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?
Neigh was a man who never disturbed the flesh upon his face except when he was obliged to do so, and paused ten seconds where other people only paused one; as he moved his chin in speaking, motes of light from under the candle-shade caught, lost, and caught again the outlying threads of his burnished beard.
He had removed the green abat-jour, for the candle-shades (as they sometimes will) were performing their office.
[…] is a comparatively rare brass candlestick with a cylindrical glass candle-shade, and perforated brass cup […]
Use candle-shade when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Candle-shade means A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little?
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