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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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