Usually means: Wax cylinder with embedded wick.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word Candle:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. candle: Merriam-Webster
  2. candle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. candle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. candle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. candle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Candle, candle: Wordnik
  7. candle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. candle: Wiktionary
  9. candle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. candle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. candle: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Candle, candle: Dictionary.com
  13. candle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. candle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Candle (Skinny Puppy song), Candle (band), Candle (disambiguation), Candle (unit), Candle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Candle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. candle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. candle: Rhymezone
  19. candle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. candle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CANDLE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  22. Candle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. candle: FreeDictionary.org
  24. candle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. candle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. candle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. candle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. candle: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Epicurus.com Cigar Glossary (No longer online)
  3. candle-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  4. Candle: Dictionary of Symbolism

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Candle: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Candle (unit), candle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. candle: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Candle (unit), candle: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. CANDLE: Acronym Finder
  3. candle: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Candle: Easton Bible

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Candle: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. candle, candle, candle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. candle: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. candle: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. candle: Lighting Design Glossary
  4. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  5. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See candled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (candle)

noun:  A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
noun:  The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
noun:  (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
noun:  (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
verb:  (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
verb:  (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
verb:  (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.

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