Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The yellow to grayish-brown wax secreted by the honeybee for constructing honeycombs.
- noun Commercial wax obtained by processing and purifying the crude wax of the honeybee and used in making candles, crayons, and polishes.
- noun Informal A matter of concern or business that pertains to someone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wax secreted by bees, of which their cells are constructed. See
wax .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
wax secreted by bees from which they makehoneycomb ; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods. - noun colloquial “
Business ”; in phrases likemind your own beeswax andnone of your beeswax . - verb To
polish (something) with beeswax.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cover with beeswax
- noun a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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To add insult to injury, the soap lathers badly - perhaps because beeswax is not a natural lathering agent.
Archive 2007-07-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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He sputtered back that the viscosity of melted beeswax is different than urine and blood, the two things he most commonly pours.
Candlemaking - The Inevitable Spill Anne-Marie 2007
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To add insult to injury, the soap lathers badly - perhaps because beeswax is not a natural lathering agent.
Beeswax in Melt & Pour Anne-Marie 2007
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He sputtered back that the viscosity of melted beeswax is different than urine and blood, the two things he most commonly pours.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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On Good Friday, a fellow parishioner was handing out bunches of nine thin beeswax candles (homemade) for praying the Divine Mercy Novena.
Last Day of the Divine Mercy Novena regina doman 2007
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I do know that beeswax is available, but at what cost?
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On Good Friday, a fellow parishioner was handing out bunches of nine thin beeswax candles (homemade) for praying the Divine Mercy Novena.
Archive 2007-04-01 regina doman 2007
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As with a lot of the beadwork, the surface of a plywood board is first coated in beeswax that is softened in the sun.
Huichol Art 2006
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As with a lot of the beadwork, the surface of a plywood board is first coated in beeswax that is softened in the sun.
Huichol Art 2006
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The thin beeswax coating also contributes a slight chewiness to these that isn’t noticeable in the fresh version.
Trader Joe’s Canneles de Bordeaux, reviewed | Baking Bites 2008
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