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sconce (noun)

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  • sconce — ► NOUN ▪ a candle holder attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket. ORIGIN Old French esconse lantern , from Latin absconsa laterna dark lantern …   English terms dictionary

  • sconce — [ skans ] noun count an object attached to a wall for holding a light or candle …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sconce — noun /skɒns/ a) A light fixture. b) A head or a skull …   Wiktionary

  • sconce — noun (C) an object that is fixed to a wall and holds candles or electric lights …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sconce — Effectively, English now only has one word sconce in general use, although others have come and gone in the past. That is the noun meaning ‘candlestick’ or ‘wall bracket for a light’ [14]. It originally denoted a ‘lantern’ or ‘covered… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • sconce — Effectively, English now only has one word sconce in general use, although others have come and gone in the past. That is the noun meaning ‘candlestick’ or ‘wall bracket for a light’ [14]. It originally denoted a ‘lantern’ or ‘covered… …   Word origins

  • sconce — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French sconce, *esconse screened candle or lantern, from escunser to hide, obscure, from Old French escons, past participle of escondre to hide, from Vulgar Latin *excondere, alteration of Latin… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sconce — UK [skɒns] / US [skɑns] noun [countable] Word forms sconce : singular sconce plural sconces an object fixed to a wall for holding a light or a candle …   English dictionary

  • sconce — I. /skɒns/ (say skons) noun a wall bracket for holding one or more candles or other lights. {Middle English, from monastic Latin sconsa, from absconsa, feminine past participle, hidden} II. /skɒns/ (say skons) –noun 1. Fortifications a small… …  

  • sconce — sconce1 noun a candle holder attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket. Origin ME (orig. denoting a portable lantern): from OFr. esconse lantern or med. L. sconsa, from L. absconsa (laterna) dark (lantern) , from abscondere to hide . sconce2… …   English new terms dictionary

  • pigsconce — pigˈsconce noun 1. A pigheaded person 2. A blockhead • • • Main Entry: ↑pig …   Useful english dictionary

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