- 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 - 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
- candle - examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
--1 is one way to examine, see
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun candle2
Somebody ----s something