CANDLESTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does candlestick mean? 

• CANDLESTICK (noun)
  The noun CANDLESTICK has 1 sense:

1. a holder with sockets for candles

  Familiarity information: CANDLESTICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANDLESTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A holder with sockets for candles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

candle holder; candlestick

Hypernyms ("candlestick" is a kind of...):

holder (a holding device)

Meronyms (parts of "candlestick"):

pricket (a sharp metal spike to hold a candle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candlestick"):

candelabra; candelabrum (branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights)

girandola; girandole (an ornate candle holder; often with a mirror)

 Context examples 

I thought Peggotty would have thrown the candlestick away, she was so emphatic with it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Professor Murray made several profound remarks to his white tie and to the water-carafe upon the table, with a humorous, twinkling aside to the silver candlestick upon his right.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, sir, only the candlestick on the ground.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Notwithstanding the aversion with which I regarded the idea of entrapping him into any disclosure he was not prepared to make voluntarily, I should have taken him up at this point, but for the strange proceedings in which I saw him engaged; whereof his putting the lemon-peel into the kettle, the sugar into the snuffer-tray, the spirit into the empty jug, and confidently attempting to pour boiling water out of a candlestick, were among the most remarkable.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Even when we finally retired for the night, the inevitable Miss Gryce was still my companion: we had only a short end of candle in our candlestick, and I dreaded lest she should talk till it was all burnt out; fortunately, however, the heavy supper she had eaten produced a soporific effect: she was already snoring before I had finished undressing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

My mother, contrary to her usual habit, instead of coming to the elbow-chair by the fire, remained at the other end of the room, and sat singing to herself. —Hope you have had a pleasant evening, ma'am, said Peggotty, standing as stiff as a barrel in the centre of the room, with a candlestick in her hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)