candlestick
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candlestick
- /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
- /ˈkændl̩ˌstɪk/
Where it comes from
From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
noun candlesticks · canstick
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A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
Similar: candle holder
- A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
- A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
- The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick. Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.
verb candlesticks · candlesticking · candlesticked · canstick
- To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top. Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.
- To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts. The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”
- To adorn with candlesticks. The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.
- To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle. If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."
Translations
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noun a holder with a socket or spike for a candle
| Español | candelero, cirial |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 촛대 chotdae, 촉대 chokdae |
| 日本語 | 燭台 shokudai |
| 中文 | 燭臺 /燭台 /烛台 zhútái |
| हिन्दी | दीपाधार dīpādhār, शमादान śamādān, चिराग़दान cirāġdān |
| Português | castiçal, candelabro |
| Français | chandelier, bougeoir |
| Deutsch | Kerzenhalter |
| Italiano | candelabro, candeliere |
| Ελληνικά | κηροπήγιο kiropígio |
| Română | sfeșnic |
| Русский | подсве́чник podsvéčnik, канделя́бр kandeljábr, шанда́л šandál |
| Tiếng Việt | đế nến, đế đèn cầy |
| العربية | شَمْعَدَان šamʕadān, قِنْدِيل qindīl |
| עברית | פָּמוֹט pamót |
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title = {candlestick},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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