bougie vs candle

bougie

noun
  • A wax candle. 

  • A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie. 

  • A person who exhibits bougie behavior. 

adj
  • Fancy or good-looking, without the same connotations of snobbery or pretentiousness as in sense 1. 

  • Behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status, middle-class / bourgeois people (sometimes carrying connotations of fakeness, elitism, or snobbery). 

candle

noun
  • A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. 

  • A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous. 

  • The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter. 

verb
  • To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye. 

  • To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware. 

  • To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source. 

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