Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

held a candle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
held a -can-dle
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does held a candle mean?
simple past and past participle of hold a candle

How to pronounce held a candle

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