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candle
 
Noun candle has 2 senses
  1. candle, taper, wax light - stick of wax with a wick in the middle
    --1 is a kind of lamp
    --1 has parts: candlewick; wick, taper
    --1 has particulars:
     chandlery; dip; rushlight, rush candle; vigil light, vigil candle
  2. candle, candela, cd, standard candle - the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
    --2 is a kind of luminous intensity unit, candlepower unit
    Derived form: verb candle1
Verb candle has 1 sense
  1. candle - examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
    --1 is one way to     examine, see
    Derived form: noun candle2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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