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Definitions for Sconce

[1] a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc.
[2] the hole or socket of a candlestick, for holding the candle.
[3] Fortification . a small detached fort or defense work, as to defend a pass, bridge, etc.
[4] a protective screen or shelter.
[5] Fortification . to protect with a sconce.
[6] Obsolete . to protect; shelter.
[7] (at English universities, especially formerly) to fine (an undergraduate) for a breach of rules or etiquette.
[8] a fine so imposed.
[9] the head or skull.
[10] sense or wit.
[11] a bracket fixed to a wall for holding candles or lights
[12] a flat candlestick with a handle
[13] a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork
[14] to challenge (a fellow student) on the grounds of a social misdemeanour to drink a large quantity of beer without stopping
[15] obsolete to fine (a student) for some minor misdemeanour
[16] the act of sconcing
[17] a mug or tankard used in sconcing
[18] the head or skull
[19] sense, brain, or wit

Words related to Sconce

candelabra, punish, levy, confiscate, pricket, menorah, extort, seize, alienate, tax, dock, mulct, amerce, exact, sequestrate

Words nearby Sconce

scolopendrid, scolopendrium, scombrid, scombroid, scombroid poisoning, sconce, sconcheon, sconcheon arch, scone, scooby doo, scoop

Origin of Sconce

4First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain

Word origin for Sconce

C16: probably jocular use of sconce 1

Synonyms for Sconce

candelabra, candelabrum, menorah, pricket, taper holder