Candlewick

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The wick of a candle.
  • n. A soft heavy cotton thread similar to that used to make wicks for candles.
  • n. Embroidery made of tufts of this thread.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The thread used to make the wicks of candles
  • n. A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. loops of soft yarn are cut to give a tufted pattern
  • n. the wick of a candle
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fancywork    embroidery    wick    taper