white wax
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white wax
First recorded in 1535–45
Example Sentences
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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
She put it down again and found a box of in-case-of-emergency white wax candles, and thrust one into a candlestick.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
Cayn returned as he was pressing the direwolf seal down into the soft white wax.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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