candelabrumlike

comparative more candelabrumlike · superlative most candelabrumlike · alternative candelabralike

1. Resembling or characteristic of a candelabrum.

   Figures have been introduced around a central candelabrumlike structure to add decorative interest to this pilaster.

   1994, Alain Gruber, translated by John Goodman, “Grotesques”, in Alain Gruber, editor, The History of Decorative Arts: Renaissance and Mannerism in Europe, New York, N.Y.: Abbeville Press, →ISBN, page 200, column 1

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   And now I took the Sixth Avenue El to Twenty-third Street, walked a block east to the intersection of Broadway and Fifth, and out in the street, protected by a marvelous candelabrumlike streetlamp—Why was it ever removed?—I set my camera on the rim of a large horse-trough, and took this time exposure to eliminate the heavy street traffic.

   1970, Jack Finney, chapter 18, in Time and Again, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 265

   Also referred to as walking stick cholla, it is an arborescent cactus with a short woody trunk and many erect candelabrumlike branches.

   2001, Rodney W. Bovey, “Significance and Botanical Nature of Woody Plants”, in Woody Plants and Woody Plant Management: Ecology, Safety, and Environmental Impact (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment), New York, N.Y.: Marcel Dekker, Inc., →ISBN, page 11