candle
Meaning of candle
noun
- a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns.
the candle flickered in the cold night air
an iced cake with nine lighted candles on it
- a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela.
- (of a poultry breeder) test (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it to the light.
the egg was candled—it was fertile
Old English candel, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white or glisten’.
Information about candle
- The plural form of candle is: candles.
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Hyphenation of candle
can-dle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- candle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
candle synonyms
Meaning taper:
Meaning candela:
Meaning a candle holder that is attached to a wall with an ornamental bracket:
Meaning a candle or lantern:
Meaning a candle made by dipping the pith of a rush in tallow:
Meaning a thin, flexible surgical instrument for exploring or dilating a passage of the body:
Meaning a wax candle, especially one used in religious ceremonies:
Translation of candle
Anagrams of candle
calden, Declan, lanced, Landec
Words that rhyme with candle
Mandle, Panhandle, Randle, bandle, brandle, crankhandle, dandle, doorhandle, footcandle, handle, manhandle, mishandle, overhandle, pandle, panhandle, prehandle, pumphandle, randle, rehandle, spandle, stickhandle, tandle, wandle, pendle, sendle, trendle, Brindle, Grindle, akindle, bindle, brindle, dindle, dwindle, enkindle, grindle, inkindle, kindle, miskindle, multispindle, nucleospindle, outswindle, prekindle, rekindle, rindle, shindle, sindle, spindle, swindle, trindle, twindle
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