wax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wăks
ipa: /wæks/
enpr: wĕks
ipa: /wɛks/
rhymes: -æks
homophone: whacks
homophone: wacks (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: waxes
Etymology: From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks (“wax”), West Frisian waaks (“wax”), Dutch was (“wax”), German Wachs (“wax”), German Low German Wass (“wax”), Luxembourgish Wuess (“wax”), Vilamovian wāhs (“wax”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk voks (“wax”), Faroese vaks (“wax”), Icelandic, Swedish vax (“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas (“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”).
Senses: glosses: Beeswax.
examples: text: What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?
synonyms: word: cerumen
english: medical term
translation: medical term
glosses: Earwax.
glosses: Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
synonyms: polish
glosses: Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
examples: text: What really started the corn sprouting on Broadway was a lugubrious tune by Louisiana's Jimmie Davis called It Makes No Difference Now. In the late '30s Decca's Recording Chief David Kapp heard this Texas hit and got it on wax.
ref: 1943, Time:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: vinyl
record
glosses: The phonograph record format for music.
glosses: A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
examples: text: He was charged with two felonies, for possession of Xanax and wax.
glosses: Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ader wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: all wax and no wick
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: animal wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: anwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Arjun wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: baseplate wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: bayberry wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: beeswax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: berry wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: bikini wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: bleached wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: blockout wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: bone wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Born method of wax plate reconstruction
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: bowl wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: boxing wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Brazilian wax
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word: Brazil wax
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word: butter of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: candela wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: candelilla wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: candle wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Carbowax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: carding wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: carnauba wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: carving wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: car wax
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word: casting wax
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word: castor wax
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word: ceresin wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: cetyl esters wax
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word: chafe-wax
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word: chafewax
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word: chaff-wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: chaffwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Chinese wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: close as wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: cobbler's wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: cobblers' wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: cotton wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: crystalline wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: cuticle wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: dental inlay casting wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: dental wax
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word: dewax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: earth wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: earthwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ear wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ear-wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: earwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: emulsifying wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: epilating wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: esparto wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: fig wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Finnish yellow wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: fit like wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: floor wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: fossil wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: French wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: full up to dolly's wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: gedda wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Geraldton wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ghedda wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: glide wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: glitterwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: gondang wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: grafting wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: grave wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: grave-wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Galleria mellonella
word: greater wax moth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: green wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: greenwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: green wax money
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: grip wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: hair wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: hard wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Hollywood wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: hot Hungarian wax pepper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: hot wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: hot-wax flooding
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Hungarian wax pepper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Indian wax scale
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: inlay casting wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: inlay pattern wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: inlay wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: insect wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Japanese wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Japan wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: keratin wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: kick wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: klister wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: lac wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: lad of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: lad o' wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Achroia grisella
word: lesser wax moth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: lost wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: man of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: microcrystalline wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: mind your beeswax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: mind your own beeswax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: mineral wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: modeling wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: modelling wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: montan wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: mortuary wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: moustache wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: myrtle wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: neat as wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: none of your beeswax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: nose of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ouricury wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: palm wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: paraffin wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: paraffin-wax
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word: Parowax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: peat wax
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word: penetrating stain wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: petroleum wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: pisang wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: plant wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: polen wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: put on wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: release wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: rice bran wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: rough wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: scale wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: sealing-wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: sealing wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: seal-wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: sealwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: set-up wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: shellac wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: shoemakers' wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: ski wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: slack wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: soybean wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: soy wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: spermaceti wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: stacks of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: stick to someone like wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: sumac wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: surfboard wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: surf wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: TE
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: WAX
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: RAD
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: thermal wax printer
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: tight as wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: try-in wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: tubercle bacillus wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: unwax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: utility wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: vegetable wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: virgin wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: walling wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax acid
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax alcohol
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Syzygium samarangense
word: wax apple
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax bath
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax bean
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Phaseolus vulgaris vars.
word: waxbean
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Begonia cucullata
word: wax begonia
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-berry
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxberry
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-billed
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-bill
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Estrilda spp.
word: waxbill
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Bombycilla spp.
word: waxbird
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax bite
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax blockage
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax boot
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-bred
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Chimonanthus praecox
word: wax-bush
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-butter
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax candle
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-candle
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax cap
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-chandler
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-chandlery
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-chandry
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax cloth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-cloth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxcloth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-cluster
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-color
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-colour
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-comb
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax comb
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax crayon
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Microloma spp.
word: wax-creeper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-cup
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax currant
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax cylinder
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax dip
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax doll
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax emulsion
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxen
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax end
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-end
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax engraving
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax expansion
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxey
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-eye
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-farthing
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax figure
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax flower
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-flower
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Hoya spp.
word: waxflower
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax form
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-gland
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Benincasa hispida
word: wax gourd
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-hair
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxhead
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-house
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxie
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax injection
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax injector
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax insect
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-insect
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax jack
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax jambu
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax lancing
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax lathe
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxleaf privet
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Ligustrum spp.
word: wax-leaf privet
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-leather
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxless skis
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax light
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-light
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-like
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxlike
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-maker
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-making
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax mallow
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
alt: Malviscus spp.
word: waxmallow
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-man
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax model denture
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-mold
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-mould
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax moth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-moth
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax motor
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax museum
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax myrtle
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Morella cerifera
word: wax-myrtle
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-nose
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-opal
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax out
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax painting
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-painting
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax palm
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-palm
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax paper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-paper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax pattern
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax pear
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax pencil
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax philosophical
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax pigment
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Agathis spp.
word: wax-pine
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-pink
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax plant
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-plant
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Hoya carnosa
word: waxplant
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax play
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax pocket
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-pocket
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-pod bean
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax point
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax print
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-proofed
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-red
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax resist
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-resist
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax ring
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax rose
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-scot
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax shoe
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-shot
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-silver
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax size
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax stick
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax tablet
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax taper
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax test
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-tipped bougie
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax tree
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-tree
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-type thermostat
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-up
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax vesta
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax vine
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: Waxweb
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Cuphea spp.
word: wax-weed
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Bombycilla spp.
word: waxwing
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Ligustrum lucidum
word: wax wood
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxwork
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-worker
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxworker
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax worker
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax-worm
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxworm
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: waxy
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wax yellow
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: white wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
taxonomic: Ligustrum lucidum
word: white wax tree
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: whole ball of wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: wool wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
word: yellow wax
sense: Terms derived from wax (noun)
alt: Capsicum annuum var.
word: yellow wax pepper