English > wax: 4 senses > noun 1, substance| Meaning | Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water. |
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| Narrower | Japan wax, Japan tallow | A yellow wax obtained from sumac berries |
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| bayberry wax, bayberry tallow | A fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles |
| beeswax | A yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs |
| candelilla wax | A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating / coating on candelilla / candelilla shrubs |
| carnauba wax, carnauba | Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes |
| ceresin | A white wax extracted from ozokerite |
| cerumen, earwax | A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal |
| floor wax | A preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors |
| gondang wax, fig wax | A hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree |
| montan wax | A hard wax obtained from lignite |
| paraffin, paraffin wax | From crude petroleum |
| pisang wax | A wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain |
| scale wax, paraffin scale | partly refined paraffin wax |
| shellac wax, lac wax | A hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol |
| ski wax | wax used on the bottom of skis |
| spermaceti | A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale |
| vegetable wax | A waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) |
| Broader | lipid, lipide, lipoid | An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents |
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| Spanish | cera |
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| Catalan | cera |
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| Adjectives | waxen, waxy | made of or covered with wax |
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| Verbs | wax | cover with wax |
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