candlesnuffer

9.4

A small tool with a cup on a handle that you use to put out a candle flame

noun
/ˈkændlˌsnʌfər/

: apagavelas

She used a candlesnuffer to put out the candles after dinner.

Examples

For safety, always use a candlesnuffer instead of blowing out candles.
The ornate silver candlesnuffer was passed down as a family heirloom.
He used a candlesnuffer to put out the flame.
The candlesnuffer is an elegant tool for extinguishing candles.
He used the candlesnuffer to safely extinguish the burning candle without making a mess.
After dinner, she reached for the candlesnuffer to put out the soft glow of the candlelight.
The candlesnuffer is a useful tool for avoiding hot wax when extinguishing candles.

Synonyms

snuffer

vscandlesnuffer

9.9

A cone-shaped tool with a handle that puts out candles

has a small cup at the handle end instead of a cone

quencher

vscandlesnuffer

4.8

A tool or substance used to put out fires like those in a kitchen

is used specifically to put out candle flames rather than general fires

Surface Forms

candlesnuffer singular

candlesnuffers plural

Morphology

candlesnuffer = candle + snuffer (transparent) = candle + snuff + er

Formed by productive compounding of 'candle' and 'snuffer' (an instrument for snuffing a flame); the meaning follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Candlesnuffer comes from the two words candle and snuff, where snuff meant 'to put out', as in the phrase 'snuff out'. So a candlesnuffer is the small tool with a cup on a handle that covers a candle's flame to put it out.