wax

B1
Pronunciation
/wæks/
/wæks/
Noun
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

Beeswax.

2 Definition

Earwax.

Example Sentences
  • What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?
3 Definition

Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

4 Definition

Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

5 Definition

The phonograph record format for music.

6 Definition

A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

7 Definition

A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil

8 Definition

The process of growing.

9 Definition

An outburst of anger.

Verb
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

2 Definition

To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.

3 Definition

To defeat utterly.

4 Definition

To kill, especially to murder a person.

5 Definition

(usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.

6 Definition

To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

Synonyms
become
7 Definition

To grow.

Antonyms
wane
8 Definition

(of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

9 Definition

(of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Made of wax.