Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: candlelight
IPA transcription: [k'ændəll,aɪt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: candlelight, candle_flame
    Meaning: the light provided by a burning candle
Usage examples
  • A glimmering candlelight shone from a front window, the shutters being yet unclosed.
  • Her hair shone like gold in the candlelight, and her glittering crown flashed as if a circle of fairy fireflies had been caught in its soft meshes.
  • Then, with three waves of a wand, the Fairies caused a high tower to spring up; it had neither door nor window, an underground passage was made, through which everything necessary could be carried, and in this tower the little Princess was shut up and there she lived by candlelight, where never a glimpse of the sun could come.