candlestick
/ˈkændəlˌstɪk/ sustantivo B2En español: candelero, cirial
- A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
- 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.
Plural candlesticks
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I made it, as well as this larger knife, out of an old iron candlestick.” The penknife was sharp and keen as a razor; as for the other knife, it would serve a double purpose, and with it one could cut and thrust.
The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope’s ‘Homer,’ two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.”
This plan succeeded; and Signor Pastrini himself ran to him, excusing himself for having made his excellency wait, scolding the waiters, taking the candlestick from the porter, who was ready to pounce on the traveller and was about to lead him to Albert, when Morcerf himself appeared.
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