Snuffer (Noun)
Meaning 1
A cone-shaped implement with a handle; for extinguishing candles.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She grabbed the brass snuffer and expertly pinched off the wick to extinguish the last of the altar candles.
- A tarnished metal snuffer sat unused beside the defunct candle warmer.
- Use a candle snuffer instead of blowing it out, or wax can splatter and hot droplets will spit at you.
- By chance, Rachel spied a tin candle snuffer beside a bundle of mismatched teaspoons on her own front mantlepiece.
- Rather, Emma needed something along the lines of that traditional extinguisher which someone before the lamp epoch named the "snuffer."
Related Words
Meaning 2
A person who snuffs out candles.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.