snuffer
9.9
A cone-shaped tool with a handle that puts out candles
- noun
- /ˈsnʌfər/
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apagavelas
- A few fast safety tips: take away any packaging the candle comes in, keep the burning candle visible and attended (this suggests that you do not leave the house once it's lit), keep it away from youngsters and pets, and once you are finished with the candle, use a snuffer to extinguish the flame to prevent hot wax from flying.
- candle snuffer
Examples
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After the party, he used a snuffer to smother the last burning candle, ensuring everything was safe.
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Using a long-handled brass snuffer, I extinguished the three fat candles.
Fiction book (1998) -
Using a candle snuffer, I carefully extinguished the flickering flames at the dinner table.
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She reached for the snuffer to quietly put out the candles before everyone left the room.
Synonyms
candlesnuffer
vssnuffer
9.4
A small tool with a cup on a handle that you use to put out a candle flame
is cone shaped and smothers the flame rather than other methods
9.9
A tool you hold to put out small fires by stopping the air
is specific to smothering candle flames rather than general small fires
quencher
vssnuffer
4.8
A tool or substance used to put out fires like those in a kitchen
is a hand tool that smothers a candle flame rather than any method or substance
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snuffer for the tool is named after the action snuff ('to put out'); the little cone or cap simply smothers the flame, which is why the device is called a snuffer.