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Meanings of pendent in English

Portuguese
candelabro
Catalan
aranya
Spanish
lámpara de araña

Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling.

candelabro

Held from above.

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Examples for "chandelier"
Examples for "chandelier"
1
She opened the door of the sitting-room and quickly lit the chandelier.
The Lodger
2
You should be able to wire a chandelier into your existing system.
The Guardian
3
Eberhard lighted the six candles of a chandelier in his diminutive room.
The Goose Man
4
He approached the second chandelier, about twenty feet from the next car.
The Wolf’s Hour
5
Perhaps President Higgins should now put a chandelier in the self-same window?
The Irish Times
Usage of pendent in English
1
He grovelled on the divan heavy in thought and with pendent arms.
Theresa Raquin
2
From the elm-trees swung the little pendent blossoms that precede the leaves.
Nature's Serial Story
3
A ragged old woman, with yellow, pendent cheeks, came round the corner.
What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow
4
The nest, like that of the Oriole, is built pendent in a fork.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
5
The pendent side-ornament is a very conspicuous portion of the trappings.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 2: ...
6
Here preparations of arms, pendent in rows, with the vessels injected.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
7
The flowers are bell-shaped, pendent, blue, and produced in racemes of many flowers.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
8
The customer firmly pushed back a pendent lock of hair and became impressive.
The Wrong Twin
9
On each side of the sphere there are two pendent beacons.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
10
The long pendent lobes of her ears crimsoned, and her opulent bosom heaved.
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
11
It seemed like a mighty tree inverted, pendent from the sky.
The Lair of the White Worm
12
The Cross that some call Holy hangs like a pendent upon its tip.
Through stained glass / A Novel
13
Then he chuckled a little, gutturally, deep in his pendent and flaccid throat.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
14
Goethe has an exquisite fragment which is a fitting pendent to his Meeresstille:
Nature Mysticism
15
When the left heart begins to fail, pendent edema readily occurs.
Disturbances of the Heart / Discussion of the Treatment of the H...
16
A faded flower, an althea-bud, was still pendent from my coat.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 / Magazi...
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