Wick

nounid 158046·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

polysemous

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Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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unclassified

Variants

synonym
taper
plural
Wicks
possessive
Wick's
pluralpossessive
Wicks'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§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

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