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candlelights

candlelights is the plural of candlelight.

Meaning of candlelight

Noun

candlelight (usually uncountable, plural candlelights)

  1. (usually) The light emitted by a candle.
    • I looked across the table into her shining eyes, which were golden in the candlelight, with my fingers round the stem of my own glass, ready for the toast.1912, Cecil Barber, “Standchen”, in The Living Age, volume 275, page 426
  2. (archaic, usually) The evening, when darkness falls and it is time to light candles.
    • Morning dress is that which is worn during business hours or at any time in any place, where semiformal dress is not required until candlelight or seven o'clock in the evening .1896, Walter Germain, The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men, page 10

Questions about candlelights

What is candlelights the plural of?
Candlelights is the plural of candlelight.

Words near candlelights in the dictionary

  1. candlelighted
  2. candlelighter
  3. candlelighters
  4. candlelighting
  5. candlelightings
  6. candlelights
  7. candlelike
  8. candlelit
  9. candlelit dinner
  10. candlelit dinners
  11. candlemaker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candlelights (page history and authors); candlelight (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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