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candle-stub

candle-stub is the alternative form of candlestub.

Meaning of candlestub

Noun

candlestub (plural candlestubs)

  1. The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.
    • In the bedroom a brown candlestub was on the table between the beds of Warren and Ina.1933, George Weller, Not to Eat, Not for Love, page 303303

Forms of candle-stub

pluralcandle-stubs

Questions about candle-stub

What is candle-stub the alternative form of?
Candle-stub is the alternative form of candlestub.

Words near candle-stub in the dictionary

  1. candle-ends
  2. candle-light
  3. candle-shade
  4. candle-shades
  5. candle-snuffer
  6. candle-stub
  7. candle-stubs
  8. candle-waster
  9. candle-wasters
  10. candle-wasting
  11. candle-wastings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candle-stub (page history and authors); candlestub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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