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# candle

«candle» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stick of wax with a string (a wick) in the middle that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a candle, candles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A candle is a stick of wax with a string (a wick) in the middle that you light to give a small flame and light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#m1)

2) Candles are used for light when the power is off, for birthday cakes, for celebrations and for nice smells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science a candle shows burning: the flame melts the wax, and the wax vapour burns using oxygen from the air; if you cover the candle with a jar, the flame goes out when the oxygen is used up. In safety lessons candles are a fire risk: never leave one burning alone, keep it away from curtains, paper and hair, and blow it out before you sleep. Phrases: light a candle, blow out the candles, birthday candles, candlelight.

### examples

- Make a wish and blow out the candles on your cake! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x1)
- We lit candles when the power went off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x2)
- Never leave a candle burning in an empty room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x3)
- Keep candles away from curtains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x4)
- The candle went out when we put a jar over it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x5)
- There were ten candles on my birthday cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x6)
- The wax dripped down the side of the candle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x7)
- We read a story by candlelight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x8)
- The candles were now lighted--what brightness! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/#x9)

### note

Countable: candles. The string is called the wick; the stick that holds the candle is a candlestick or candle holder. In maths problems about birthday cakes, the number of candles often equals the age. Battery candles are safer for small children.

### In the corpora

- [The anniversary of a death often brings the sadness back strongly; families may light a candle, visit the grave or share stories.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/16/)
- [She waits to see if she will shrink further, worried she might go out "like a candle".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/2-alice-ch1-part2-the-little-door/15/)
- [He is running about lighting lamps and candles: «What a capital little house this is!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/3/)
- [Put a jar over the candle and the flame soon dies, because it cannot get fresh oxygen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/2/)
- [Trick birthday candles have a metal powder, magnesium, in the wick that catches fire again from the glowing wick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «candle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.