Meaning of "C"

CHANDELIER

A branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling.

CHURN

A vessel or device in which cream or milk is agitated to separate the oily globules from the caseous and serous parts, used to make butter.

CENSER

A container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, esp. during religious services; thurible.

CASTANETS

A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of slightly concave shells of ivory or hardwood, held in the palm of the hand by a connecting cord over the thumb and clapped together with the fingers. Often used in the plural.

CASK

A container made and shaped like a barrel, esp. one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.