Candlestub

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"In the bedroom a brown candlestub was on the table between the beds of Warren and Ina."

Etymology

From candle + stub.

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