girandole
/ˈdʒɪrənˌdoʊl/
noun
- A branched candle holder or ornamental light fixture, often placed on a wall or table.
- The antique girandole on the dining room wall held five candles and sparkled with crystal drops.
- In the old mansion, each room had a beautiful girandole with delicate glass prisms.
- She polished the brass girandole until it shone like gold.
- A piece of jewelry, such as an earring or brooch, with a central gem surrounded by smaller stones in a radiating pattern.
- She wore a pair of diamond girandole earrings that caught the light from every angle.
- The antique brooch was a girandole, with a large ruby in the middle and tiny diamonds around it.
- He gave her a girandole pendant for her birthday, with a sapphire at its center.
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