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WAX LIGHT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stick of wax with a wick in the middle

Synonyms:

candle; taper; wax light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wax light" is a kind of...):

lamp (an artificial source of visible illumination)

Meronyms (parts of "wax light"):

candlewick (the wick of a candle)

taper; wick (a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wax light"):

chandlery (candles and other commodities sold by a chandler)

dip (a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow)

rush candle; rushlight (a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick)

vigil candle; vigil light (a candle lighted by a worshiper in a church)

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