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sconce
sconce 1 S0153600 (skŏns)n. A small defensive earthwork or fort.
[Dutch schans, from German Schanze, from Middle High German.]
sconce 2 S0153600 (skŏns)n.1. A decorative wall bracket for holding candles or lights.2. A flattened candlestick that has a handle.3. Slang The human head or skull.
[Middle English, from Old French esconse, lantern, hiding place, from Medieval Latin scōnsa, from Latin abscōnsa, feminine past participle of abscondere, to hide away : ab-, abs-, away; see ab-1 + condere, to preserve; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]sconce (skɒns) n1. (Furniture) a bracket fixed to a wall for holding candles or lights2. (Antiques) a flat candlestick with a handle[C14: from Old French esconse hiding place, lantern, or from Late Latin sconsa, from absconsa dark lantern]
sconce (skɒns) n (Fortifications) a small protective fortification, such as an earthwork[C16: from Dutch schans, from Middle High German schanze bundle of brushwood]
sconce (skɒns) vb (tr) 1. to challenge (a fellow student) on the grounds of a social misdemeanour to drink a large quantity of beer without stopping2. obsolete to fine (a student) for some minor misdemeanourn3. the act of sconcing4. a mug or tankard used in sconcing[C17: of obscure origin]
sconce (skɒns) n1. the head or skull2. sense, brain, or wit[C16: probably jocular use of sconce1]sconce1 (skɒns)
n. a bracket for candles or other lights, placed on a wall, mirror, picture frame, etc. [1350–1400; Middle English sconce, sconse (< Old French esconce) < Medieval Latin scōnsa, aph. variant of abscōnsa, n. use of feminine past participle of abscondere to conceal; see abscond] sconce2 (skɒns)
n. a small detached fort or defensive work, as to defend a gate or bridge. [1565–75; < Dutch schans < German Schanze, orig. bundle of wood; compare ensconce] sconce4 (skɒns)
n. 1. the head or skull. 2. sense or wit. [1560–70] sconce
Past participle: sconced
Gerund: sconcing
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| I sconce | | you sconce | | he/she/it sconces | | we sconce | | you sconce | | they sconce |
| Preterite |
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| I sconced | | you sconced | | he/she/it sconced | | we sconced | | you sconced | | they sconced |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am sconcing | | you are sconcing | | he/she/it is sconcing | | we are sconcing | | you are sconcing | | they are sconcing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have sconced | | you have sconced | | he/she/it has sconced | | we have sconced | | you have sconced | | they have sconced |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was sconcing | | you were sconcing | | he/she/it was sconcing | | we were sconcing | | you were sconcing | | they were sconcing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had sconced | | you had sconced | | he/she/it had sconced | | we had sconced | | you had sconced | | they had sconced |
| Future |
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| I will sconce | | you will sconce | | he/she/it will sconce | | we will sconce | | you will sconce | | they will sconce |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have sconced | | you will have sconced | | he/she/it will have sconced | | we will have sconced | | you will have sconced | | they will have sconced |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be sconcing | | you will be sconcing | | he/she/it will be sconcing | | we will be sconcing | | you will be sconcing | | they will be sconcing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been sconcing | | you have been sconcing | | he/she/it has been sconcing | | we have been sconcing | | you have been sconcing | | they have been sconcing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been sconcing | | you will have been sconcing | | he/she/it will have been sconcing | | we will have been sconcing | | you will have been sconcing | | they will have been sconcing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been sconcing | | you had been sconcing | | he/she/it had been sconcing | | we had been sconcing | | you had been sconcing | | they had been sconcing |
| Conditional |
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| I would sconce | | you would sconce | | he/she/it would sconce | | we would sconce | | you would sconce | | they would sconce |
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| I would have sconced | | you would have sconced | | he/she/it would have sconced | | we would have sconced | | you would have sconced | | they would have sconced |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sconce - a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weathershelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from dangershelter - protective covering that provides protection from the weather | | 2. | sconce - a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gateearthwork - an earthen rampartfortress, fort - a fortified defensive structure | | 3. | sconce - a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconcelight source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" | | 4. |  sconce - a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of lightwall bracket, bracket - a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) |
Translationssconce
sconce a flat candlestick with a handle SconceAn electric lamp, designed and fabricated for mounting on a wall, resembling a candlestick or a group of candlesticks.Sconce (in Russian, bra; from the French bras), a wall light fixture. Candelabra have been given a variety of artistic treatments (often with wall mirror reflectors). They have been made of copper, bronze, Venetian glass, and wood with levkas from the 17th to the beginning of the 19th century for palace interiors in baroque, rococco, classical, and Empire styles. Simply designed electric wall lamps, made of old materials used in novel ways as well as of the newest materials, are widely used today. sconce1. An electric lamp, resembling a candlestick or a group of candlesticks, which is designed and fabricated for mounting on a wall. 2. In medieval architecture, a detached earth-work, 2 that serves as a small defensive position, providing additional protection for a fort.sconce
Words related to sconcenoun a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weatherRelated Wordsnoun a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gateRelated Wordsnoun a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconceRelated Wordsnoun a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of lightRelated Words |