candle meaning
EN
[ˈkændəl] [ˈkændl̩] [-ændəl] 
US WCandle
- A candle is a solid block of wax with an embedded ignitable wick that provides light, and in some cases, a fragrance. It can also be used to provide heat, or as a method of keeping time.
- A candle manufacturer is traditionally known as a chandler. Various devices have been invented to hold candles, from simple tabletop candle holders to elaborate chandeliers.
- For a candle to burn, a heat source (commonly a naked flame) is used to light the candle's wick, which melts and vaporizes a small amount of fuel (the wax).
- NounPLcandles
- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- VerbSGcandlesPRcandlingPT, PPcandled
- (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
- (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Resinous splinters or rolled paper tapers were kept on the fireboard for candle lighters; also perhaps tongs for the tender-handed pipe lighter who could not handle a live coal in his hands.
- A city that is set on an hill, cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them which are in the house.
- She has been burning her candle at both ends lately, trying to put it together on time.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of candle in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Nouns
- en candles
- en candlestick
- en candled
- en candler
- en candlers
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "candle" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.