Snuffers (Noun)

Meaning

Scissors for cropping and holding the snuff of a candlewick.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Usages

• Plural Form

Examples

• The servant used a pair of silver snuffers to trim the candle's wick, which had begun to sputter.
• As she prepared the dinner table, Emma noticed that the candles were smoking, and so she grabbed the snuffers to give the wicks a tidy.
• His mother kept a beautiful pair of antique snuffers in a glass case on the mantelpiece.
• Every morning, Henry's butler used a set of shiny brass snuffers to maintain the proper length of the candelabras' wicks.
• Catherine opened the top drawer of the sideboard to fetch the silver snuffers for the fine white tapers.

Hypernyms

• Pair Of Scissors