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Word: Sconce
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (originally denoting a portable lantern with a screen to protect the flame): shortening of Old French esconse ‘lantern’, or from medieval Latin sconsa, from Latin absconsa (laterna) ‘dark (lantern)’ (i.e. a lantern with a device for concealing the light), from abscondere ‘to hide’
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a candle holder that is attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket
Short Definition:candle holder that is attached to wall with ornamental bracket
Examples:- a wall sconce
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