wick
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3.7
- noun
- /wɪk/
:
mecha
- The burning candles, the special lamp with perfumed wicks, and the discretely open kitchen windows were of no avail.
- insert the wick
- use a wick
It's just like a single Wick soy candle.
- It's just like a single Wick soy candle.
- With like looks like a wooden Wick and black wax.
- So I got my husband bought me a trim a Wick trimming candle kit.
- All right, so the Wick of the candle burns faster in certain things.
Examples
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The candle grew still smaller, and the wick lengthened so that the candle burned more quickly.
Fiction book (2002) -
This sure is a fast-burnin' wick.
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Let me see the wick.
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Joe twisted the key that raised the wick in the desk lamp, brightening the room.
Fiction book (1993) -
De L'Isle walks forward, turning up the wick on an oil lamp he carries to show himself more clearly.
Fiction book (1996) -
The dining room was illuminated by oil wicks burning in globes of blown glass.
Fiction book (1990) -
I lifted its chimney, twisted the knob that raised the blackened wick, and lit it.
Fiction book (1999) -
There were slaves whose sole task seemed to be keeping the wicks trimmed and the oil basins filled.
Fiction book (1990) -
Elaborate golden lamps stood in the hallways, wicks uncharred, but she could smell the perfumed oil in them.
Fiction book (1992) -
When the candle is lit, the wick draws up the melted wax, allowing the flame to burn steadily.
Synonyms
A thread in a candle that you light to make a flame
Idioms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word wick comes from an old word for a 'twisted thread' used in candles and oil lamps. A helpful image is a tiny twisted thread that 'drinks' oil and pulls it up to the flame, so a wick is the part that draws up liquid to burn.