rush candle

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   a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick

   Synonymsrushlight

   Broadercandle

Questions about rush candle

What does rush candle mean?

rush candle means "a tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick".

What is another word for rush candle?

Close synonyms include rushlight. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rush candle a common word?

rush candle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.