chandelier
Other forms: chandeliers
A chandelier is a fancy light fixture that is often ornate and hanging suspended in the middle of a formal space. Walk into a grand ballroom and see a light fixture adorned with sparkling crystals? That's a chandelier.
The word chandelier comes from the French candere meaning "be white, glisten." Look up at a chandelier and you'll see it glistening and casting white reflections on the walls. The French origin of the word might call up images of palaces like Versailles in France, where chandeliers hang in nearly every room.
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branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceilingtype of:lighting fixturea fixture providing artificial light
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Vocabulary lists containing chandelier
Words like "desk" and "chair" are so drab and commonplace that we pay them no mind. Give your vocabulary a makeover with these words for furniture that will have you sounding like a famous interior designer.
Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
