Thesaurus / sconce
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synonyms for sconce
- confiscate
- levy
- punish
- alienate
- amerce
- dock
- exact
- extort
- mulct
- seize
- sequestrate
- tax
- hit with
- make pay
- pay through the nose
- slap with
- throw book at
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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sconce, such as: candelabra, candelabrum, menorah, pricket, and taper holder.
How to use sconce in a sentence
The person who cares for things unusual will find the candle sconce made of a cowhorn a suitable fixture for the den.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUSHe placed the candle in a sconce on the wall, and then turned to the three.
SUE, A LITTLE HEROINEL. T. MEADEA silver griffin of a sconce near by held a light in its claws, which fell full upon Cimburga and the miller's son.
THE COURT JESTERCORNELIA BAKERHere and there a torch glimmered in a sconce against the wall, or a surgeon with a candle in his hand paused at a bedside.
JOAN OF THE SWORD HANDS(AMUEL) R(UTHERFORD) CROCKETTHe shut the window, drew curtains over it, switched off the lighted sconce, and went up-stairs.
THE FORSYTE SAGA, VOLUME III.JOHN GALSWORTHYNick, with a bloody sconce, but no worse damage, sat upon a rock and washed out his clotted hair.
THE LITTLE RED FOOTROBERT W. CHAMBERSBut even as that impulse came, another notion took shape in my love-addled sconce.
THE LITTLE RED FOOTROBERT W. CHAMBERSAbove the door a lamp burned in an iron sconce set in the masonry.
THE MAN FROM JERICHOEDWIN CARLILE LITSEYHe took the candle from the sconce, passed out through the door, traversed the tunnel, and thrust the silver key into the keyhole.
ARCHIBALD MALMAISONJULIAN HAWTHORNESconce, skons, n. the part of a candlestick for the candle: a hanging candlestick with a mirror to reflect the light: a lantern.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO SCONCE
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