Definitions

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  • adjective Without candles.

Etymologies

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candle +‎ -less

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Examples

  •  Just like that, the table with the candleless candelabra in the middle of what was the pond was gone.

    Dynamite Cynthia Hawkins 2010

  • First the glint, right in the middle of the pond, then the sprawl of a candleless candelabra.

    Dynamite Cynthia Hawkins 2010

  • Netherlanders celebrate with a candleless cake and pastries, unless youre turning fifty, and then you get cookies that look like Abraham.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Netherlanders celebrate with a candleless cake and pastries, unless youre turning fifty, and then you get cookies that look like Abraham.

    Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009

  • Moments later, the party entered the candleless gloom of the keep.

    Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

  • Then he strode without farewell into the candleless gloom of the hall.

    Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988

  • And not 30 seconds after our arrival, as we stood there admiring the beauty of the City Hall Rotunda hung with delicate jellyfish-like chandeliers, its architecture dramatized by spotlights, tables below gleaming with tall Lucite candleless candelabras, guest

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • flip side of democracy in black and white a candleless hope a reliance that rips him for light his destiny weeps tears at midnight marathi manoos caught in a cross fire no respite boxed in a corner airtight he wont be invited to big bosses house tonight dedicated to gautam rajadakshya

    Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009

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