white wax

American  

noun

1. a yellowish-white, somewhat translucent, tasteless solid, prepared by bleaching beeswax, used chiefly in pharmacy.

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Etymology

Origin of white wax

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

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white wax

Then, “strings dangling from wooden rides were dipped and dipped again until a finger of white wax clung to each wick.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2016

They had him wrapped in white wax paper.

From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2015

The outside of the aircraft, he says, had been coated in a white wax that was supposed to capture any radioactive particles that could be washed off later.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2012

Jon's finger traced the outline of the direwolf in the white wax of the broken seal.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Inside there’s a glazed lemon poppy seed doughnut wrapped in thin, white wax paper.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan