Dictionary
wax
Meaning
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- Beeswax.
- Earwax.
- Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
- Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
- (informal) The phonograph record format for music.
- A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
- (slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wæks/
Cognate with Dutch
was
Cognate with German
Wachs
Cognate with Lithuanian
vaškas
Cognate with Western Frisian
waakse
Cognate with Dutch
wassen
Cognate with German
wachsen
Cognate with Latin
auxilium
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