Usually means: Wax sticks that emit light.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word candles:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. candles: Merriam-Webster
  2. candles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. candles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Candle's, Candles, candle's, candles: Wordnik
  5. candles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. candles: Wiktionary
  7. candles: Dictionary.com
  8. candles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Candles (EP), Candles (album), Candles (song), Candles, The Candles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. candles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. candles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. candles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Candles: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  3. candles: Medical dictionary
  4. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. CANDLES: Acronym Finder
  2. candles: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Candles: Catholic Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. candles: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Candles)

▸ noun:  the fourth studio album by the British pop, funk, disco band Heatwave. Arranged, and primarily written by Rod Temperton, it was released on on the GTO record label in the United Kingdom, and the Epic record label (number 36873) in the United States.
▸ noun:  "Candles" is a song recorded by American pop punk band Hey Monday.


Opposite:
electric, lights, flashlights, lamps, LEDs, sunlight

Types:
pillar, tealight, tapered, votive, jar, beeswax, scented, unscented, more...

Phrases:
tallow candles, votive candles, roman candles, foot candles, standard candles, more...

Adjectives:
lighted, foot, many, white, few, votive, tall, roman, red, scented, small



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Opposite:
electric, lights, flashlights, lamps, LEDs, sunlight

Types:
pillar, tealight, tapered, votive, jar, beeswax, scented, unscented, more...

Phrases:
tallow candles, votive candles, roman candles, foot candles, standard candles, pillar candles, corpse candles, swamp candles, paschal candles, sulphur candles, bog candles, international candles, rush candles, more...

Adjectives:
lighted, foot, many, white, few, votive, tall, roman, red, scented, small




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