English Dictionary

wax

/wæks/

noun

Beeswax. / Earwax. / Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters. / Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

I used beeswax to make candles.

意味（1）

Beeswax.

意味（2）

Earwax.

What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?

意味（3）

Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

意味（4）

Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

意味（5）

(uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.

What really started the corn sprouting on Broadway was a lugubrious tune by Louisiana's Jimmie Davis called It Makes No Difference Now. In the late '30s Decca's Recording Chief David Kapp heard this Texas hit and got it on wax.

意味（6）

(US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

意味（7）

(US, slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.