1. wax
noun. ['ˈwæks'] any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.
Synonyms
- cerumen
- vegetable wax
- bayberry tallow
- Japan tallow
- ceresin
- carnauba wax
- floor wax
- montan wax
- gondang wax
- lipoid
- bayberry wax
- paraffin
- pisang wax
- carnauba
- spermaceti
- Japan wax
- lipide
- paraffin scale
- candelilla wax
- fig wax
- earwax
- ski wax
- shellac wax
- beeswax
- paraffin wax
- scale wax
- lipid
Antonyms
- ascend
- rise
- attend to
- stay in place
Etymology
- weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Words that Rhyme with Wax
- antitax
- pretax
- knick-knacks
- ty-sachs
- relax
- neoax
- impacts
- chirac's
- whacks
- trax
- tracks
- track's
- stac's
- stacks
- snacks
- smacks
- slacks
- quacks
- plax
- plaques
- plack's
- flax
- cracks
- blacks'
- blacks
- black's
- attacks
- zacks
- zack's
- yax
Example sentences of the word wax
1. Noun, singular or mass
Place the coffee can back into the double boiler to keep the rest of the wax warm.
2. Adjective
Make sure that the wax side of the paper is facing out.
3. Verb, past tense
Cleaning wax off Formica or other manufactured surface can be as easy as applying a little solvent.
4. Verb, base form
If you spill wax on the counter or floor, do not panic.
5. Noun, plural
Homeowners commonly introduce one or more relatively heavy wax coatings on new floors after they have been finished.
Quotes containing the word wax
1. Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?
- Connie Willis, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories
2. Do you understand now why books are hated and feared? Because they reveal the pores on the face of life. The comfortable people want only the faces of the full moon, wax, faces without pores, hairless, expressionless.
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
3. Oh, what is brighter than the light?What is darker than the night?What is keener than an axe?What is softer than melting wax?Truth is brighter than the light,Falsehood darker than the night.Revenge is keener than an axe,And love is softer than melting wax.
- Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess
2. wax-chandler
noun. one who deals in wax candles.
3. wax-myrtle_family
noun. constituting the order Myricales.
Synonyms
- Myricaceae
- order Myricales
- Comptonia
- genus Myrica
- family Myricaceae
- magnoliopsid family
- Myrica
- Myricales
- genus Comptonia
4. wax
verb. ['ˈwæks'] cover with wax.
Synonyms
- cover
Antonyms
- natural depression
- hop out
Etymology
- weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. wax
verb. ['ˈwæks'] go up or advance.
Synonyms
- mount
- gain
- increase
- climb
- rise
- advance
Antonyms
- decrease
- stop
- stay
- drop out
Etymology
- weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. wax
verb. ['ˈwæks'] increase in phase.
Synonyms
- full
Antonyms
- decrease
- fall
Etymology
- weaxan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wæx (Old English (ca. 450-1100))