candle-ends
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candle-ends — n. pl. Scraps, savings, scrapings, fragments, worthless trifles, petty savings … New dictionary of synonyms
candle — or candela or new candle or international candle [kan′dəl] n. [ME & OE candel < L candela, a light, torch < candere: see CANDESCENT] 1. a cylindrical mass of tallow or wax with a wick through its center, which gives light when burned 2.… … English World dictionary
candle — O.E. candel lamp, lantern, candle, an early ecclesiastical borrowing from L. candela a light, torch, candle made of tallow or wax, from candere to shine, from PIE root *kand to glow, to shine, to shoot out light (Cf. Skt. cand to give light,… … Etymology dictionary
candle — n. 1) to dip candles 2) to light a candle 3) to blow out, extinguish, snuff out a candle 4) the candle was burning; was flickering; was going out; was sputtering 5) a wax candle 6) the flame of a candle 7) (misc.) to bum the candle at both ends ( … Combinatory dictionary
candle — candler, n. /kan dl/, n., v., candled, candling. n. 1. a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. 2. something resembling a candle in appearance or use. 3. Optics. a. (formerly) candela. b.… … Universalium
candle — /ˈkændl / (say kandl) noun 1. a long, usually slender, piece of tallow, wax, etc., with an embedded wick, burnt to give light. 2. something like this in appearance or use. 3. international candle, a unit of luminous intensity established by… …
candle — [[t]kæ̱nd(ə)l[/t]] candles 1) N COUNT A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light. The bedroom was lit by a single candle. 2)… … English dictionary
candle — can|dle S3 [ˈkændl] n ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [Date: 600 700; : Latin; Origin: candela, from candere; CANDID] 1.) a stick of ↑wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
candle — BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GAME IS NOT WORTH THE CANDLE, HOLD A CANDLE … Dictionary of American idioms
candle — BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GAME IS NOT WORTH THE CANDLE, HOLD A CANDLE … Dictionary of American idioms
candle — See: burn the candle at both ends, game is not worth the candle, hold a candle to … Словарь американских идиом
