Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

candle light

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: can-dle -light
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of candlelight.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He was to weete a man of full ripe yeares, / That in his youth had beene of mickle might, / And borne great ſway in armes amongſt his peares: / But now weake age had dimd his candle light."
"8. Item, That each Trincke shall every dark and foggy Night hang forth out of his said Trincke-boat one Lantern with sufficient Candle Light, for the better and safer Passage of Ships,"
"1832-1837, John Clare, Approaching Night O, how I long to be agen That poor and independent man, With labour's lot from morn to night And books to read at candle light;"

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does candle light mean?: Alternative form of candlelight.

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