Synonyms for candle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kan-dl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn dl |
Définition of candle
Origin :- Old English candel "lamp, lantern, candle," an early ecclesiastical borrowing from Latin 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. Sanskrit cand- "to give light, shine," candra- "shining, glowing, moon;" Greek kandaros "coal;" Welsh cann "white;" Middle Irish condud "fuel").
- Candles were unknown in ancient Greece (where oil lamps sufficed), but common from early times among Romans and Etruscans. Candles on birthday cakes seems to have been originally a German custom. To hold a candle to originally meant "to help in a subordinate capacity," from the notion of an assistant or apprentice holding a candle for light while the master works. To burn the candle at both ends is recorded from 1730.
- noun taper
- He lit a candle, and went cautiously down the rickety staircase.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- A candle had recently been lighted, and it stood on the table near this man.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He accompanied her to the foot of the stairs and lit her candle.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- When they reached the cellar, she took the candle and went to look at the door.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She set the candle on the floor, and put in the key as quietly as she could.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The candle was in her hand, and she was staring at the letter.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But you rake a match to light the candle, and that little bit of a noise will fetch him.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- And suppose I set fire to this pyramid with a candle—will she burn up?
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Aw, she's a poor mouth, that woman, and not fit to hold a candle to Eleanor.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
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