04581829-n 'a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame';
 
Czech knot
Chinese (simplified) 蜡烛芯 , 灯芯 , 灯心
English taper , wick
Indonesian sumbu berlilin , sumbu
Italian lucignolo , stoppino
Japanese 灯心
Malaysian sumbu berlilin , sumbu
Definitions
English
a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame
Japanese
燃料を毛管作用によって炎の中に導く（ろうそくや灯油ランプの）ゆるく撚ったコード
Relations
Hyponym: candlewick
Hypernym: cord
Holonym–Part: oil_lamp candle
Semantic Field: artifactn
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