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wick

/ˈwɪk/noun1 syllable

Wick means: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame.

Synonyms for wick4

noun, as in a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

taper

also used for wick

wicking, port, quick

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What does wick mean?2

noun

1

a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

2

any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action“the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with wick?23

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Wick in a sentence

  • A candle without a wick is no candle at all.darinmex
  • The flame flickered as it consumed the wax and the wick of the candle.mervert1
  • I couldn't light the candle because the wick was too short.DJ_Saidez
  • She couldn't light the candle because the wick was too short.Seael
  • He couldn't light the candle because the wick was too short.Seael
  • A Molotov cocktail is a glass bottle of explosive fluid with a cloth wick sticking out of it.rul
  • Mary doesn't realise that she gets on everyone's wick.sundown

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Forms of wick

as a noun

plural
wicks