a round stick of WAX with a piece of string (called a WICK) through the middle which is lit to give light as it burns:
a flickering candle * The room was lit by candles. * to blow out / snuff out a candle
IDIOMS
cannot hold a candle to sb/sth is not as good as sb or sth else:
His singing can't hold a candle to Pavarotti's.
moreatBURNv., WORTHadj.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for candle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is candle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, candle is tagged as noun.
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