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wax
  1. Beeswax.
  2. Earwax.
  3. Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
  4. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
  5. (uncountable) The phonograph record format for music.
  6. (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
  7. (US, slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Paraffin would be much too costly to be converted into candles if made from wax.”
waxing
  1. The action of the verb to wax.
  2. (countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
  3. (countable) A recording intended for a phonograph. [from 1940s]
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I have a vast collection of vintage waxing records from the 1960s and 1970s.”
waxer
  1. A device used to apply wax.
  2. A person who applies wax.
  3. Something that waxes (grows larger as opposed to waning).
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  5. Examples:
    1. “An out-of-work graphic designer is a better choice to do your brows than a bikini waxer.”
      “The waxer I went to was named Rose, and she was really great.”
      “So far he has been able to dredge up work only as a part-time floor waxer.”
waxworker
  1. A worker in the wax industry.
  2. An artist who makes waxworks.
  3. (archaic) A bee that produces wax.
waxplay
  1. (BDSM) The practice of dripping melted wax onto a person's naked skin (usually from a candle) for sensual and/or sexual stimulation.
waxworks
  1. An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Madame Tussaud's waxworks dates back to 1835, when French sculptress Marie Tussaud opened her famous collection in Baker Street.”
      “Eventually, I do find an older building in the shape of the excellent Dubai Museum, with its evocative waxworks of souk and Bedouin life.”
      “An astonishing 500 million people have visited the world-famous waxworks since it was founded in the early 19th century.”
waxwork
  1. A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
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    1. “The couple will have to hold their pose for up to three hours while they are studied for the waxwork figures.”
      “The singer was speaking at the unveiling of a waxwork model of himself at Madam Tussaud's in London.”
      “Going to investigate, we're confronted with a man in a bowler hat and suit sitting at a keyboard looking rather like a waxwork.”
waxathon
  1. (informal, rare) An extended session of waxing the body.
wax
  1. (dated, colloquial) An outburst of anger.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Paraffin would be much too costly to be converted into candles if made from wax.”
waxiness
  1. The quality of being waxy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The potatoes had the furry waxiness and real flavour you only get from the great heritage varieties that have been boiled in their skins.”
      “The flavour, only medium full, does not lack substance, and exhibits waxiness and spice.”
      “The attributes of waxiness or flouriness are also influenced by the growing conditions, and by the age of the tuber.”
wax
  1. (rare) The process of growing.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Paraffin would be much too costly to be converted into candles if made from wax.”
waxworks
  1. plural of waxwork
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Madame Tussaud's waxworks dates back to 1835, when French sculptress Marie Tussaud opened her famous collection in Baker Street.”
      “Eventually, I do find an older building in the shape of the excellent Dubai Museum, with its evocative waxworks of souk and Bedouin life.”
      “An astonishing 500 million people have visited the world-famous waxworks since it was founded in the early 19th century.”
waxworkers
  1. plural of waxworker
waxathons
  1. plural of waxathon
waxings
  1. plural of waxing
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Are these metaphorical descriptions just the subjective waxings of the critic or are they aesthetic properties really true of the wine?”
      “The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir.”
waxers
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