• IPA: /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/, /ˈkændl̩ˌstɪk/

candlestick (plural candlesticks)

1. 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.

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.

• candle holder

• French: chandelier
• German: Kerzenhalter
• Italian: candelabro
• Portuguese: castiçal
• Russian: канделя́бр
• Spanish: candelero, candelabro

candlestick (candlesticks, present participle candlesticking; past and past participle candlesticked)

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.