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tealite

tealite is the nonstandard spelling of tealight.

Meaning of tealight

Noun

tealight (plural tealights)

  1. A small, typically circular candle encased in a thin metal cup, so that it liquefies completely when lit and burns as a wick immersed in molten wax.
    • Candles and tealights can be hazardous and must be used in accordance with any instructions.2004, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service https://web.archive.org/web/20071027212506/http://www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk/ccm/content/press-releases/2004/april-2004/tea-lights-pose-potential-danger.e...
    Synonyms:
    tea candle

Forms of tealite

pluraltealites

Origin of tealite

From tea + lite.

Questions about tealite

What is tealite the nonstandard spelling of?
Tealite is the nonstandard spelling of tealight.

Words near tealite in the dictionary

  1. Tealiban
  2. tealight
  3. tealights
  4. tealike
  5. tealish
  6. tealite
  7. tealites
  8. Teall
  9. teallite
  10. Tealls
  11. tealness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tealite (page history and authors); tealight (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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