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Meanings of candle in English

Russian
свеча
Portuguese
vela
Spanish
vela
Catalan
espelma
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Solid block of wax with embedded wick.

        свеча
        Portuguese
        vela
        Catalan
        cd

        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.

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              Examples for "candles"
              Examples for "candles"
              1
              In the tall and barrack-like houses candles gleamed in honor of Masaniello.
              A Spirit in Prison
              2
              Those who wish may bring flowers and candles or South African flags.
              The South African
              3
              There's no hope for me...he's got the best candles in the state.
              Made of honor
              4
              But 32 candles on the cake means Messi's best is surely gone.
              The Irish Times
              5
              People lit candles and oil lamps, moving light from room to room.
              The last page
              Portuguese
              vela
              Catalan
              espelma
              Spanish
              vela

              Stick of wax with a wick in the middle.

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                    Usage of candle in English
                    1
                    So order a bougie new candle online to help set the scene.
                    News.com.au
                    2
                    Said it was quite spectacular, in a bell, book, and candle way.
                    The devil's heart
                    3
                    Never mind the candle, Horace; I would rather speak in the dark.
                    Ayesha, the Return of She
                    4
                    The Colonel turned it over gingerly in the light of the candle.
                    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
                    5
                    Now memorize that paper and light a candle with it, you understand?
                    Mission road
                    6
                    The story that the candle had expired seemed feeble in the extreme.
                    Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
                    7
                    Place a small candle on a plate with a bit of water.
                    Wired
                    8
                    Cypriano taking the candle in hand, they go in search of him.
                    Gaspar the Gaucho: A Story of the Gran Chaco
                    9
                    The door opened again and the master came in with a candle.
                    The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
                    10
                    Take that candle, and leave it on the table in the hall.
                    Beulah
                    11
                    However, they cannot hold a candle to David and Maddie's white-hot flirtation.
                    The Guardian
                    12
                    The waiter set the candle on the tall wooden mantelpiece and inquired:
                    Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
                    13
                    Kitty had just caught a moth in the flame of the candle.
                    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
                    14
                    Shorty paused over the candle, in the act of blowing it out.
                    Smoke Bellew
                    15
                    My bedroom candle was on the side-table; I had just lighted it.
                    The Dead Alive
                    16
                    He held in one hand a paper, in the other a candle.
                    The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
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