candleholder (plural candleholders)
A device for holding one or more lit candles
Hyponyms: candelabrum, candlestick, girandole
(historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.
(dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"dle*hold`er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 November 2024
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
