candlelight

[ kan-dl-lahyt ]
noun

  1. the light of a candle.

  2. a dim artificial light.

  1. twilight; dusk.

Origin of candlelight

1
before 1000; Middle English candel-liht,Old English candel-lēoht.See candle, light1

Words Nearby candlelight

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How to use candlelight in a sentence

  • We no longer live in an age when down-trodden laborers meet by candlelight with the ban of the law upon their meeting.

  • The people dined by candlelight, and the darkness of the night is represented as Egyptian.

  • Then, just as the candlelight was gasping and shimmering blue in the bowl of the candlestick, he fell asleep.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie

  • In the bewitching candlelight the keyboard trembled and shimmered like water to a low wind.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie

  • She opened the door, standing in bold relief against the candlelight, and shot her hands far into the dark night.

    Tess of the Storm Country | Grace Miller White

British Dictionary definitions for candlelight

candlelight

/ (ˈkændəlˌlaɪt) /

noun

    • the light from a candle or candles: they ate by candlelight

    • (as modifier): a candlelight dinner

  2. dusk; evening

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