Definition: Meaning of, candle in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈkand(ə)l /
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candle
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a stick of WAX with a string through the middle, which you burn to give light
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can't hold a candle to somebody/somethinginformal if something or someone cannot hold a candle to something or someone else, they are not as good as the other thing or person
a song originally written in 1973 and sung by Elton John. It was recorded again with different words in 1997, in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, and it sold more copies than any other record ever made.
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Système International d'Unités; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimetre of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin