EnglishMain Dictionary
candle
Universal Words
noun
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.
