Definitions for candle

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candle can·dle

Spelling: [kan-dl]

IPA: /ˈkæn dl/

Candle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in candle (acdeln).

Definitions for candle

noun

1. a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
2. something resembling a candle in appearance or use.
3. Optics. (formerly) candela. Also called international candle. a unit of luminous intensity, defined as a fraction of the luminous intensity of a group of 45 carbon-filament lamps: used from 1909 to 1948 as the international standard. a unit of luminous intensity, equal to the luminous intensity of a wax candle of standard specifications: used prior to 1909 as the international standard. Abbreviation: c., c.

Idioms

1. burn the / one's candle at both ends. burn1 (def 54).
2. hold a candle to, to compare favorably with (usually used in the negative):
3. worth the candle, worth the trouble or effort involved (usually used in the negative):

verb (used with object)

1. to examine (eggs) for freshness, fertility, etc., by holding them up to a bright light.
2. to hold (a bottle of wine) in front of a lighted candle while decanting so as to detect sediment and prevent its being poured off with the wine.

Origin of candle

before 900; Middle English, Old English candel Latin candēla, equivalent to cand(ēre) to shine + -ēla deverbal noun suffix; see candid

Examples for candle

This candle may just be the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a dear friend.

A candle had recently been lighted, and it stood on the table near this man.

And she said, “No, you are on fire,” and my arm had caught on fire from a candle on this mantelpiece.

He accompanied her to the foot of the stairs and lit her candle.

In the middle of the night at an airport someone told me they had lit a candle for me.

When they reached the cellar, she took the candle and went to look at the door.

Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.

Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.

He lit a candle, and went cautiously down the rickety staircase.

His cigar had gone out; he relit it from the candle on our table, puffing great gray clouds of smoke.