candlestub

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

candle +‎ stub

Noun

candlestub (plural candlestubs)

  1. The end of a candle that has mostly burned away.
    • 1933, George Weller, Not to Eat, Not for Love, page 303303:
      In the bedroom a brown candlestub was on the table between the beds of Warren and Ina.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 3:
      He looked down at the guttered candlestub.
    • 2019, Iraida H. López, Eliana S. Rivero, Let's Hear Their Voices, page 60:
      You warm the candlestub between your hands and smell it—real beeswax.
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