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21wax paper — wax ,paper noun uncount AMERICAN a special type of paper covered in a thin layer of wax that does not allow oil or GREASE to pass through it, used in cooking and for wrapping food …
22Wax tablet — A wax tablet ( ) is a tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax. It was used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages. Cicero s letters make passing reference to their use, and some examples …
23Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester …
24wax tablet — noun : a writing tablet of wood or bone covered with wax and written on with a style in ancient Roman and medieval times * * * a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus. Also, waxed… …
25wax paper — noun paper that has been waterproofed by treatment with wax or paraffin • Hypernyms: ↑paper * * * variant of waxed paper * * * a whitish, translucent wrapping paper made moistureproof by a paraffin coating. Also, waxed paper. [1835 45] * * * wax… …
26Wax myrtle — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …
27wax paper — N UNCOUNT Wax paper is paper that has been covered with a thin layer of wax. It is used mainly in cooking or to wrap food. [AM] Syn: waxed paper (in BRIT, use greaseproof paper) …
28wax tablet — a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus. Also, waxed tablet. [1800 10] * * * …
29Japanese wax — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …
30Mineral wax — Wax Wax, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs, OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ. vosk .] [1913 Webster] 1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; …
