CANDLESNUFFERS Antonyms

• A device for holding one or more lit candles

• A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light.

• (by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them.

• stick of wax with a wick in the middle

• the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin

• examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

• an artificial source of visible illumination

• a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs

• light in a transparent protective case

• a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

• a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

• a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

• transport in a flatbottom boat

• a short thin stick of wood used in making matches

• a shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather

• a small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate

• a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce

• a decorative wall bracket for holding candles or other sources of light

• a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

• tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

• a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

• a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

• burn maliciously, as by arson