candle
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Pronunciation[change]
Noun[change]

- A piece of wax with a wick inside that you burn to get light.
- (old, no longer used) A unit of how light strength, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- (forestry) a fast growing, light colored, shoot on a pine tree in the spring.
Related words and phrases[change]
- candelabrum/candelabra
- candlestick
- Roman candle
- Does not hold a candle to someone/something: not as good as someone/something
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