candlestick
English
Alternative forms
- canstick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/, /ˈkændl̩ˌstɪk/
Noun
candlestick (plural candlesticks)
- A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 5:15:
- Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
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- A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
Synonyms
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Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kandratiki
Translations
a holder with a socket or spike for a candle
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