📖 Definitions of "Candlesticks"
noun
- 1
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
- 2
A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
- 3
(investing) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing price of a stock on a Japanese candlestick chart.
verb
- 1
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
- 2
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
- 3
To adorn with candlesticks.
- 4
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Candlesticks"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| candle holdernoun | Alternative form of candleholder [A device for holding one or more lit candles] |
| candelabrasnoun | (nonstandard) A single candelabrum. |
| candelabrumnoun | A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle. |
| candelabranoun | (nonstandard) A single candelabrum. |
| candlesnoun | the fourth studio album by the British pop, funk, disco band Heatwave. Arranged, and primarily written by Rod Temperton, it was released on on the GTO record label in the United Kingdom, and the Epic record label (number 36873) in the United States. |
| candleholdernoun | A device for holding one or more lit candles |
| candelillanoun | A type of flowering succulent plant, native to Texas and northern Mexico, of species Euphorbia antisyphilitica. |
| lanternsnoun | A case of translucent or transparent material made to protect a flame, or light, used to illuminate its surroundings. |
| candle flamenoun | the light provided by a burning candle |
| torchesnoun | A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source. |
| candlenoun | A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. |
| lightbulbsnoun | (Singapore, colloquial) An uninvited third person joining a couple's date who prevents or hinders romantic interactions. |
| roman candlenoun | (pyrotechnics) A traditional type of firework that ejects one or more stars or exploding shells. |
| standard candlenoun | (astronomy) Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude. |
| lampsnoun | A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb. |
| chandeliersnoun | A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling. |
| lampstandnoun | A menorah or other holder or stand for a lamp. |
| spirit lampnoun | A lamp that burns a volatile liquid fuel such as alcohol, ethanol or denatured alcohol. |
| cruciblesnoun | (figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process. |
| luminairesnoun | An electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination. |
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