candlestub

English

Alternative forms

• candle-stub

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.