sconce
Kelime Anlamı :
1. saksı.
2. kafa.
3. duvarda şamdan desteği.
4. aplik.
5. baş.
6. kelle.
7. duvar şamdanı.
8. ceza.
9. toprak siper.
10. sofra kurallarına uymayana bira vermemek.
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1.
A small defensive earthwork or fort.
2. A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights.
3. A flattened candlestick that has a handle.
4. slang the human head or skull.
2. A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights.
3. A flattened candlestick that has a handle.
4. slang the human head or skull.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A light fixture.
2. A head or a skull.
3. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
4. to impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
5. to shut within a sconce; to imprison.
2. A head or a skull.
3. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
4. to impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
5. to shut within a sconce; to imprison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
4. fig.: the head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
6. A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
7. hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
8. A squinch.
9. A fragment of a floe of ice.
10. A fixed seat or shelf.
11. to shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
12. to mulct; to fine.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
4. fig.: the head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
6. A protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed hanging or projecting candlestick.
7. hence, the circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
8. A squinch.
9. A fragment of a floe of ice.
10. A fixed seat or shelf.
11. to shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
12. to mulct; to fine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to fortify or defend with a sconce or block-house.
2. same as ensconce.
3. to assess or tax at so much per head; mulct; fine; specifically, in the universities of oxford and cambridge, to put the name of in the college buttery-books by way of fine; mulct in a tankard of ale or the like for some offense. see the quotations.
4. A lantern with a protecting shade; a dark lantern; any lantern.
5. A candlestick having the form of a bracket projecting from a wall or column; also, a group of such candlesticks, forming, with an appliqué or flat, somewhat ornamented disk or plaque which seems to adhere to the wall, a decorative object. these were most commonly of brass during the years when sconces were most in use.
6. the socket for the candle in a candlestick of any form, especially when having a projecting rim around it.
7. A cover; a shelter; a protection; specifically, a screen or partition to cover or protect anything; a shed or hut for protection from the weather; a covered stall.
8. A work for defense, detached from the main works for some local object; a bulwark; a block-house; a fort, as for the defense of a pass or river.
9. A cover or protection for the head; a headpiece; a helmet.
10. hence the head; the skull; the cranium, especially the top of it.
11. brains; sense; wits; judgment or discretion.
12. A mulct; a fine. see sconce, v. t., 3.
13. A seat in old-fashioned open chimney-places; a chimney-seat.
14. A fragment of an ice-floe.
2. same as ensconce.
3. to assess or tax at so much per head; mulct; fine; specifically, in the universities of oxford and cambridge, to put the name of in the college buttery-books by way of fine; mulct in a tankard of ale or the like for some offense. see the quotations.
4. A lantern with a protecting shade; a dark lantern; any lantern.
5. A candlestick having the form of a bracket projecting from a wall or column; also, a group of such candlesticks, forming, with an appliqué or flat, somewhat ornamented disk or plaque which seems to adhere to the wall, a decorative object. these were most commonly of brass during the years when sconces were most in use.
6. the socket for the candle in a candlestick of any form, especially when having a projecting rim around it.
7. A cover; a shelter; a protection; specifically, a screen or partition to cover or protect anything; a shed or hut for protection from the weather; a covered stall.
8. A work for defense, detached from the main works for some local object; a bulwark; a block-house; a fort, as for the defense of a pass or river.
9. A cover or protection for the head; a headpiece; a helmet.
10. hence the head; the skull; the cranium, especially the top of it.
11. brains; sense; wits; judgment or discretion.
12. A mulct; a fine. see sconce, v. t., 3.
13. A seat in old-fashioned open chimney-places; a chimney-seat.
14. A fragment of an ice-floe.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather
2. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
3. a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
4. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
2. a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
3. a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light
4. a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.