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Definition of candlewick noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

candlewick

noun

/ˈkændlwɪk/

/ˈkændlwɪk/

[uncountable]

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a type of soft cotton cloth with a raised pattern of threads, used especially for making bedspreads

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