Candle-shade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Candle-shade is a noun meaning A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
Meaning
A cover over the flame of a candle or bulb of a lamp to protect the flame or diffuse the light to prevent glare.
Example Sentences
...do you think you could lower that candle-shade just a little?
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 […]
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.
Word Forms
- candle-shades
- candleshade
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lamp-shade, lampshade, shade, wall-shade, table-shade, lampshading.
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