candlestick
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- 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.
- (slang) The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
Etimologia
From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
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