flame
noun
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
flamelet
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a word derived from
flame.
Example Sentences
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Dedicate thy life-blood, saviour of a nation; 'Tis a puny flamelet in a conflagration.
From Roumania Past and Present by Samuelson, James
And then like the flamelet which follows the fire wherever it shifts, so its new form follows the spirit.
From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Purgatory by Norton, Charles Eliot
Pouring tears from eyelids sluicy, While the waning flamelet fades, All for Lucy—lovely Lucy, Loveliest of lady's maids.
From Notes and Queries, Number 65, January 25, 1851 by Various
As years ago the flamelet of the street-lamp, so now these outposts of the colossal embryo of a world derided me and seemed to point me out and away.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack
