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candle-wastings

candle-wastings is the plural of candle-wasting.

Meaning of candle-wasting

Noun

candle-wasting (plural candle-wastings)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) The act or instance of a person consuming candles by staying up late reading and studying; an act of studying.

Questions about candle-wastings

What is candle-wastings the plural of?
Candle-wastings is the plural of candle-wasting.

Words near candle-wastings in the dictionary

  1. candle-stub
  2. candle-stubs
  3. candle-waster
  4. candle-wasters
  5. candle-wasting
  6. candle-wastings
  7. candle-wick
  8. candle-wicks
  9. candle-wood
  10. candle-woods
  11. candlebark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candle-wastings (page history and authors); candle-wasting (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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