LAMPHOLDERS Synonyms

• device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

• the most important or necessary part of something

• a tight-fitting headdress

• a top (as for a bottle)

• a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

• something serving as a cover or protection

• a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

• a protective covering that is part of a plant

• an upper limit on what is allowed

• (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

• the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

• lie at the top of

• restrict the number or amount of

• an instrumentality that connects

• an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)

• a regular patron

• the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment

• the act of putting something in working order again

• a holding device

• a person who holds something

• the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it

• a container that is used to put or keep things in

• enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts

• an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert

• a bony hollow into which a structure fits

• receptacle where something (a pipe or probe or end of a bone) is inserted

• a receptacle into which an electric device can be inserted