- a solid substance that is made from beeswax or from various fats and oils and used for making candles, polish, models, etc. It becomes soft when it is heated.
- styling wax for the hair
- floor wax
- wax crayons
- wax polish
Extra Examples- The parcel was tied with string and sealed with wax.
- The sun through the window had melted the wax.
- Wax melts when subjected to heat.
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- a soft, sticky yellow-brown substance that is found in your ears
Word Originnoun Old English wæx, weax, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch was and German Wachs. The verb dates from late Middle English.
Idioms
See wax in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarythe whole ball of wax
- (North American English, informal) the whole thing; everything
- I panicked, I cried—the whole ball of wax.
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