Stick of wax with a wick in the middle.
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Examples for "point "
Examples for "point "
1 These results therefore point to continued private sector expansion throughout the year.
2 Case in point : the current end of financial year and mid-year sales.
3 The situation in the North West is now well beyond crisis point .
4 The budget is a key point of political contention this election year.
5 A year ago, football was in crisis - up to a point .
1 Mr Ahern said the meetings would help sharpen the offensive against sectarianism.
2 The challenge for the Charity Commission is not just to sharpen regulation.
3 You gave us a very pretty problem to sharpen our wits on.
4 The consolidation will help Meituan sharpen its offerings in the on-demand sector.
5 It really does help to sharpen our appreciation of all things artistic.
A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.
1 This sets the stage for an easy start to taper in December.
2 Only one taper burned in the third chamber; there were no windows.
3 Thank a calm euro zone and the prospect of a Fed taper .
4 Objectives: To determine which factors were associated with oliguria during HC taper .
5 The image of the taper and the torch recurred to her mind.
6 That probably means the Fed will not announce a taper in December.
7 In fact, the watch bands taper downward specifically to avoid wider-than-necessary dimensions.
8 The light came from a taper which was burning in one corner.
9 World financial markets are on tenterhooks over when the Fed will taper .
10 Maître Voigt lighted a taper , and led the way into the room.
11 But then Lily was in truth no such slight taper as that.
12 Of the remains of the fatal taper I had myself carefully disposed.
13 While the wick of the taper was burning up, he listened again.
14 The drooping fingers of the Saviour taper delicately, with long almond-shaped nails.
15 He took the taper from her hand, and turned to light it.
16 The modern wax - taper is an evolutionary form of this type of light-source.
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