sconce

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Synonyms: scance, skonce, conce, scone, scorce, scronce

Antonyms: scance, skonce, conce, scone, scorce, scronce

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Noun

1. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb. A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.
2. A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

Noun

1. A head or a skull.
2. A poll tax; a mulct or fine.
3. An act of sconcing .

Verb

1. To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
2. During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink .
   • I sconce anyone who has ever…

Noun

1. A type of small fort or other fortification, especially as built to defend a pass or ford.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. A squinch.
4. A fragment of a floe of ice.
5. A fixed seat or shelf.

Verb

1. To shut within a sconce; to imprison.

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