Dictionary Check: wick

"wick" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

noun

any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

Example: "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
noun

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

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