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candle
English
Etymology
From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin cand?la (“candle”), from Latin cande? (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kænd?l/, /?kændl?/
- Rhymes: -ænd?l
Noun
candle (plural candles)
- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- (forestry) A 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kandra
- ? Chichewa: kandulo
Translations
Verb
candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)
- (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
Further reading
- candle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- candle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Declan, calend, lanced
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candlenut
English
Etymology
candle +? nut
Noun
candlenut (plural candlenuts)
- A flowering tree (Aleurites moluccana and Aleurites rockinghamensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as candleberry, Indian walnut, kemiri, varnish tree or kukui nut tree.
- The seed of this tree, used as a candle
Translations
Further reading
- Aleurites rockinghamensis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aleurites moluccanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aleurites on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aleurites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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