candlestub

noun

Etymology

From candle + stub.

  1. derived from *(s)tew-
  2. inherited from *stubbaz
  3. inherited from *stubb
  4. inherited from stybb
  5. inherited from stubbe
  6. compounded as candlestub — “candle + stub

Definitions

  1. The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.

    • In the bedroom a brown candlestub was on the table between the beds of Warren and Ina.
    • He looked down at the guttered candlestub.
    • You warm the candlestub between your hands and smell it—real beeswax.

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