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say it: muh-NAW-ruh
menorah is a noun meaning "(Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation
Judaism
(Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival
Judaism
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for menorah come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.