candlelight
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈkændlˌlaɪt/
:
luz de vela
- She set the table for a cozy meal, illuminated only by candlelight.
- a candlelight vigil
- write by candlelight
So it it's very easy to swear off getting undressed even in candlelight.
- So it it's very easy to swear off getting undressed even in candlelight.
- I saw the Coldplay like tribute candlelight concert thing in Seattle and I was crying the entire time.
- You sit in front of the shaman with the candlelight, with the sounds of the jungle and you drink the substance.
- And that would reflect the candlelight and it would make it look sparkly, a bit like sunlight off icicles, that kind of thing.
- Our undergraduate experience was dominated by the Vietnam War and no student at that time has forgotten the candlelight marches through this campus.
- I'm in the bathtub sitting in poop and jizz a candlelight.
- Now long ago when our ancestors were alive, they live by sunlight, then the sun would set and then they live by candlelight blue light.
- But it was more like finding the light, however small, whether it's a candlelight small or something small in this darkness.
Examples
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A candlelight vigil to mark the one year anniversary of the crash of Flight 180 will be held at 8:00 P.M.
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But I have done some stunning photos, and the candlelight wedding turned out absolutely beautiful.
Blog text (25) -
His dream was to light up all of Main Street by candlelight.
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God, you look very pretty in this candlelight.
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I mean, what is all this about, this intimate candlelight dinner?
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And we'll have that candlelight procession in about an hour.
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Her mother looked back at her, the lines in her face deepening in the soft candlelight.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the downstairs hall, I saw candlelight spilling out of the library.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dinner by candlelight.
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I looked at her across the checked tablecloth, at the yellow candlelight flickering across her rigid face.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A steady soft light coming from an object or surface
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2.6
Soft light from a fire in a room or fireplace
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2.6
A soft, low light that is not very bright
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9.9
A faint light from an old lamp that helps you see in the dark
A soft, gentle light that seems to glow and move slightly
Soft warm light like candlelight that makes a place feel calm
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Etymology
The word candlelight is simply candle + light. The part candle comes from the Latin candela meaning 'to glow', so candlelight is the soft 'glow' that comes from a burning candle.