"incense stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: incense sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} incense stick (plural incense sticks)
  1. A thin stick covered with incense that burns slowly and gives off fragrant smoke when set alight. Translations (A thin stick covered in incense): 線香 (Chinese Mandarin), 线香 (xiànxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Räucherstäbchen [neuter] (German), kadzidełko [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-incense_stick-en-noun-DkJ5Ob5E Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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