wax paper

[ waks-pey-per ]

/ ˈwæks ˌpeɪ pər /

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noun

a whitish, translucent paper made moistureproof by a paraffin coating, used especially to wrap or prepare food.

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Also waxed pa·per

[wakst-pey-per] /ˈwækst ˈpeɪ pər/ .

Origin of wax paper

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby wax paper

wax light, wax moth, wax museum, wax myrtle, wax palm, wax paper, wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxwing, waxwork

How to use wax paper in a sentence

Several of my friends have recycled these bottle holders to hold plastic picnic items or rolls of plastic bags, wax paper, etc.
Hints From Heloise: A real lemon of a lemon|Heloise Heloise|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
Using your hands, roll the pecan mixture into 12 balls, each about 1 inch in diameter, placing them on the wax paper as they are formed.
Make two-bite chocolate truffles your love language this Valentine’s Day|Ellie Krieger|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
So instead of putting all of the portions into individual bags, I wrap them in earth-friendly wax paper then put all of the portions into one zip-top bag.
Hints From Heloise: Getting vitamin D into your diet|Heloise Heloise|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
If you have wax paper, you can wrap them individually—The Kitchn says they’ll keep for about two weeks at room temperature.
Go full-on mad scientist by making your own Halloween candy|John Kennedy, Sandra Gutierrez G., Purbita Saha|October 30, 2020|Popular-Science

Back when Sam went upstate, job searches required nothing more than a typewriter, some paper, and the classifieds.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“We would just as soon stay away from a group that will create controversy,” the Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe told the paper.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The reality TV mogul bared her butt—and everything else, too—for Paper Magazine in a spread that sent Twitter into a tizzy.
Kim Kardashian Cheekily Breaks the Internet|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fold the parchment paper with the dry ingredients in half and pour into the stand mixer.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The Spaniards since have substituted paper for the leaves of maize, in imitation of them.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

British Dictionary definitions for wax paper

wax paper

noun

paper treated or coated with wax or paraffin to make it waterproof

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