📖 candle

noun1 senses

1. stick of wax with a wick in the middle
2. 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

See also: taperwax lightcandelacdstandard candle

verb2 sense

1. examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

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