Synonyms for candlestick

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kan-dl-stik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn dlˌstɪk

Définition of candlestick

Origin : Old English candelsticca; see candle + stick (n.).

noun holder for candles

Example sentences :

Then, quite suddenly, he snatched up a candlestick to hurl at Mr. Caryll.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

You are looking more like a candlestick than you are looking like him.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

She half dropped her candlestick on the stone floor and sprang to the windlass.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

At one side of the clock was a small Bible, at the other a candlestick.
Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace

When I got near the bed I struck a match and looked for the candlestick.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

"I notice that the candle in the candlestick is a wax one," said Colwyn.
Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, And Jack jump over the candlestick.
Extract from : « Aunt Kitty's Stories » by Various

Mariana put the candlestick on a window-sill and turned to him.
Extract from : « Virgin Soil » by Ivan S. Turgenev

He found a match and struck it, but his candlestick was empty.
Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Only the butcher, and the baker and the candlestick maker have motors.
Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott

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