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Candle
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What it means
- noun
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
“light a candle”
- noun
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- noun
A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
Where it comes from
Candle comes from Latin candela, a light, from the verb candere, to shine or to glow white. English borrowed it early, through church life and through ordinary rooms. For a long time a candle was the usual light after dark.
In a sentence
- One candle is enough.by CK, Tatoeba
- Give me that candle.by CK, Tatoeba
- Blow out the candle.by Eccles17, Tatoeba
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