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# candlelight

«candlelight» in Mova's school dictionary: **The soft light from a candle or candles** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (candlelight, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The soft light from a candle or candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories, people read and worked by candlelight before electricity. In everyday life: a candlelight dinner, a candlelight vigil to remember people. In church, carol services by candlelight at Christmas.

### examples

- We did our homework by candlelight during the power cut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#x1)
- People used to read by candlelight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#x2)
- The church looked lovely in the candlelight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#x3)
- They held a candlelight vigil for the victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#x4)
- Mum and Dad had a candlelight dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candlelight/#x5)

### note

One word; uncountable. Safety: never leave candles burning unwatched; keep them away from curtains.

### Trees and pragmatics

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