Candle
21candle — noun 1》 a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns. 2》 (also international candle) Physics a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela. verb test (an egg) for freshness or… …
22candle — noun (C) 1 a round stick of wax 1 (1) around a wick 1 (1) (=piece of string) that is burnt to provide light 2 can t hold a candle to informal to be not as good as someone or something else: When it came to giving a good party, no one could hold a …
23candle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. taper, wax, cierge. See light. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. taper, rushlight, torch, bougie, dip; see also light 3 . Types of candles include: wax, tallow, beeswax, holiday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Paschal,… …
24candle — can•dle [[t]ˈkæn dl[/t]] n. v. dled, dling 1) a long, usu. slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light 2) something resembling this in appearance or use 3) opt any of various former international standard… …
25candle — See auction by inch of candle; sale by the candle …
26candle — see better to light one candle than to curse the darkness Candlemas day, put beans in the clay; put candles and candle sticks away …
27candle — n. & v. n. 1 a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick, for giving light when burning. 2 = CANDLEPOWER. v.tr. test (an egg) for freshness by holding it to the light. Phrases and idioms: cannot hold a candle to cannot be compared… …
28candle — SYN: candela. * * * can·dle kan dəl n 1) a medicated candle or lozenge used for fumigation 2) CANDELA * * * can·dle (kanґdəl) 1. a mass of wax or similar substance, usually cylindrical in shape, with a wick for burning, to furnish… …
29Candle — Heb. ner, Job 18:6; 29:3; Ps. 18:28; Prov. 24:20, in all which places the Revised Version and margin of Authorized Version have lamp, by which the word is elsewhere frequently rendered. The Hebrew word denotes properly any kind of candle or… …
30Candle — We lit candles at church, referring to the heavens that is enlightened with the Lord Jesus Christ. We lit the candles on reading the Holy Bible because God s word is the world s light. The candle lights to others, likewise ought the Christian, he …
