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alnight

alnight noun: a great cake of wax with a wick in the midst, intended to burn all night.

Noun

alnight (plural alnights)

  1. (obsolete) A great cake of wax with a wick in the midst, intended to burn all night.

Forms of alnight

pluralalnights

Origin of alnight

From all + night.

Questions about alnight

What does alnight mean?
Alnight means a great cake of wax with a wick in the midst, intended to burn all night.
What part of speech is alnight?
Alnight is a noun.
What is the plural of alnight?
The plural of alnight is alnights.

Words near alnight in the dictionary

  1. Alness
  2. Alnham
  3. alnico
  4. alnicos
  5. alniditan
  6. alnight
  7. alnights
  8. Alnilam
  9. Alnitak
  10. alnitidan
  11. Alniyat

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