noun
- a device used to extinguish candles, typically consisting of a small cone on a handle
- a person or thing that snuffs out or extinguishes something
Examples
- She used a brass snuffer to put out the dinner candles.
- The antique candle snuffer was displayed in the museum.
- He carefully placed the snuffer over each flame.
- The silver snuffer had been in the family for generations.
- Without a snuffer, she had to blow out the candles by hand.
- The waiter used a snuffer to extinguish the table candles.