candle-end

  • 11candle — /ˈkændl / (say kandl) noun 1. a long, usually slender, piece of tallow, wax, etc., with an embedded wick, burnt to give light. 2. something like this in appearance or use. 3. international candle, a unit of luminous intensity established by… …

  • 12Candle Lake (Saskatchewan) — Infobox lake lake name = Candle Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Saskatchewan coords = coord|53|49|13.861|N|105|18|15.473|W|type:waterbody region:CA|display=inline,title type = inflow = outflow …

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  • 13end — end1 W1S1 [end] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(last part)¦ 2¦(finished)¦ 3¦(long object)¦ 4¦(tip/point)¦ 5¦(scale)¦ 6¦(connection)¦ 7¦(remaining piece)¦ 8¦(aim)¦ 9¦(part of an activity)¦ 10¦(sport)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15end — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE S WITS END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR STAND ON END, HOLD ONE S END UP or HOLD UP ONE S END or KEEP ONE S END UP or KEEP UP ONE S END, LIVING END, LOOSE ENDS, MAKE AN END OF, MAKE ENDS MEET …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 16end — See: at loose ends, at one s wit s end, burn the candle at both ends, go off the deep end, hair stand on end, hold one s end up or hold up one s end or keep one s end up or keep up one s end, living end, loose ends, make an end of, make ends meet …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 17candle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. taper, wax, cierge. See light. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. taper, rushlight, torch, bougie, dip; see also light 3 . Types of candles include: wax, tallow, beeswax, holiday, Christmas, Hanukkah, Paschal,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18candle burner — noun : a protective metal tip placed on the wick end of a candle to protect the flame against drafts and to help the candle burn evenly and cleanly …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19end — Synonyms and related words: Friday, Friday the thirteenth, abandon, abort, accomplishment, acme, afterglow, afterimage, aim, all, allotment, allowance, amateur athlete, annihilate, annihilation, answer, apogee, appointed lot, archer, arrest,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20candle — [OE] Candle is one of the earliest English borrowings from Latin. It probably arrived with Christianity at the end of the 6th century, and is first recorded in a gloss from around the year 700. Latin candēla was a derivative of the verb candēre… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins