Think of a stick of wax with a string running down the middle. You light the string, and the wax slowly melts and feeds the flame, so one small candle gives a soft, steady light for hours. It is one of the oldest ways people have made light in a dark room — small, warm, and easy to put out with one breath.
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candlenoun/ˈkæn.dəl/
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A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- light a candle
- blow out the candles on the birthday cake
- 2
The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
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obsoleteA unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
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businessforestryA fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
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Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.
- That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
- That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate.
candleverb/ˈkæn.dəl/
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embryologymedicinesciencesTo observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
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To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
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To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
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