candle
noun
[ ˈkand(ə)l ]
• a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns.
• "the candle flickered in the cold night air"
Similar:
taper,
sconce,
tallow candle,
wax candle,
Christmas candle,
votary candle,
paschal candle,
wax light,
glim,
rush candle,
rushlight,
bougie,
cierge,
• a unit of luminous intensity, superseded by the candela.
candle
verb
• (of a poultry breeder) test (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it to the light.
• "the egg was candled—it was fertile"
Origin:
Old English candel, from Latin candela, from candere ‘be white or glisten’.
