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candlestick Definition

candle·stick (-stik′)

noun

a cupped or spiked holder for a candle or candles

candlestick Synonyms

candlestick

n.

candelabrum, candelabra, pricket, taper holder, flat candlestick, menorah, candleholder, sconce.

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.