Words Like WAX
We have put together a list of words that are similar to WAX.
20 Alternative Words Similar to wax
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Ceresin
Noun Hyponym
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Cerumen
Noun Hyponym
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Carnauba
Noun Hyponym
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Earwax
Noun Hyponym
3 examples of wax
1
to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
2
sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc
3
to wax a thread or a table
10 definitions of wax
1
To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
2
To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow
3
A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
4
Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
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A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes.
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A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
8
A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
9
A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
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A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.