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    [Noun]  | "can*de*la*bra" | \ ˌkan-də-ˈlä-brə \


    1: a branched candlestick or lamp with several lights


    Origin: 1776 ;

     Probably from plural of {see: |candelabrum|candelabrum};

    [Noun]  | "can*de*la*brum" | \ ˌkan-də-ˈlä-brəm \


    1: candelabra


    Origin: 1811 ;

     Borrowed from Latin candēlābrum "stand for holding candles or lamps," from candēla {see: |candle:1|candle:1} + -ā-brum, variant (after stems with an -l-) of -bulum, suffix of instruments (going back to Indo-European *-dhlom); -ā- by analogy with deverbative derivatives;

    [Noun]  | "candelabra" 


    1: an object with several branches for holding sources of light;


      * e.g., " ... An elegant candelabra was placed on the dining table. "



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     [ "holiday candelabra" ]

    1: This phrase refers to a menorah. It is used by people who feel vaguely guilty about celebrating Hanukkah, and decide to pretend that what they are doing is celebrating some "universal" holiday.

      * e.g.,  ... It's time to bring out the holiday candelabra again. 

     [ "candelabra" ]

    1: A woman's clitoris

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna rub your candelabra raw. 

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