Flamelet

//ˈfleɪmlət// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small flame.

    "And every separate window-pane, / Backed by the outer darkness, showed / A mirror, where the flamelets gleamed / And flickered to and fro, and seemed / A bonfire lighted in the road."

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"And every separate window-pane, / Backed by the outer darkness, showed / A mirror, where the flamelets gleamed / And flickered to and fro, and seemed / A bonfire lighted in the road."

Etymology

From flame + -let.

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