candlesnuffer

1. 1.

   an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle

   Broaderimplement

Other forms of candlesnuffer

plural

candlesnuffers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about candlesnuffer

What does candlesnuffer mean?

candlesnuffer means "an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle".

How many syllables are in candlesnuffer?

candlesnuffer has 4 syllables: cand-le-snuf-fer. The stress falls on "le".

Is candlesnuffer a common word?

candlesnuffer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.