candlestick
candlestick
Definition
candle·stick (-stik′)
noun
a cupped or spiked holder for a candle or candles
candlestick
Synonyms
candlestick
n.
candlestick
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- branch: The Menorah, the eight branched candlestick, is given prominent place in the home.
- remove: Go back and do the first works all over again or I'll remove the candlestick.
- make: He gave in 1849 a pair of English made silver candlesticks to St Sophia Church, London.
- see: John sees these seven golden candlesticks, look down at verse twenty.
- have: At my home we had a double twist candlestick made of fired London Clay.
- include: Items of particular interest and value include two silver candlesticks dated in London, 1666 which are considered unique examples of such silverwork.
Adjective modifier
- golden: John sees these seven golden candlesticks, look down at verse twenty.
- silver: He gave in 1849 a pair of English made silver candlesticks to St Sophia Church, London.
- large: Under the light of a large candlestick several youths pursued the amusement of the popular game of drafts.
- old: Today it investigates why modern candles don't fit into older candlesticks.
- flat: This flat brass candlestick is a typically eighteenth century design, as candlesticks became taller during the nineteenth century.
- wooden: The beautifully turned wooden altar candlesticks were also created by Malcolm and presented to the Church.
Modifies a noun
- maker: Ross isn't a Butcher, a Baker or a candlestick maker.
- holder: In a room set aside for prayer they allegedly broke candlestick holders.
- pattern: I pick three of the candlestick patterns and trade them everyday.
Noun used with modifier
- brass: The children were hard at work cleaning the brass candlesticks in honor of Jim's visit.
- silver: Whilst in Silver a pair of George I silver candlesticks by Paul de Lamerie, made £ 12,000.
- iron: Some of the fittings of the house were on a luxurious scale too, a particularly striking example being an elegant wrought iron candlestick.
- altar: Heavy altar candlesticks of good design, which had been given in 1926 by the Revd.
- glass: We finished with a grand presentation of certificates and I was given a beautiful pair of glass candlesticks made in the workshops.
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