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wax-candles

wax-candles is the plural of wax-candle.

Meaning of wax-candle

Noun

wax-candle (plural wax-candles)

  1. A candle made of wax.
    • To determine to what the ordinary variations in the quantity of light emitted by a common wax-candle might amount , I took such a candle , and , lighting it and placed it before the photometer, […]1796, The Repertory Of Arts And Manufactures
    Synonyms:
    bougie

Questions about wax-candles

What is wax-candles the plural of?
Wax-candles is the plural of wax-candle.

Words near wax-candles in the dictionary

  1. wax vesta
  2. wax vestas
  3. wax vine
  4. wax wode
  5. wax-candle
  6. wax-candles
  7. wax-colour
  8. wax-end
  9. wax-ends
  10. wax-eye
  11. wax-eyes

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