Definition of "candleholder" [can•dle•hold•er]

• A candlestick. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Beside the candleholder was a metal device that looked like a combination between tongs and strange scissors."
• "In all, 16 rooms have been re-created at Claverton Manor—none more charming than the one dedicated to Shaker furniture, where pride of place is taken by a candleholder with prettily bowed legs, elegant in its simplicity."
• "I try any stunt like that, and I'd find myself with a new hole in the top of my skull deep enough to use as a candleholder."