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candle-lit(dictionary)
candle(2)(dictionary)
candle(1)(dictionary)
candle(dictionary)
meter-candle(medicine)
candle-power(medicine)
Candle in the Wind(dictionary)
candle-meter(medicine)
CandLE Australia Limited(finance)

candle (oh)



flame, wax, wick
[Date: 600-700; Language: Latin; Origin: candela, from candere; CANDID]
a stick of wax with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
can't hold a candle to sb/sth
informal if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person
::No other singer can hold a candle to her.
-see also burn the candle at both ends at burn 1 (19)