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Meaning of candle-end | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The remnant of a candle which has been mostly burned.

Examples

“They put ⟳ a stock ⟳ of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load ⟳, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order ⟳ not to overload an animal of so little vigour.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

candle-light candle-shade candle-wasting candle-wick candle-wood candlebark

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