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Meanings of waxes in anglès
Class of chemical compounds that are plastic (malleable) near ambient temperatures.
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Examples for "wax"
Examples for "wax"
1
Mr. Hegerle: We can corn; beans, string and wax; apples, tomatoes, etc.
2
He used a lot of wax so they are short on stability.
3
They brought a wax light; Morgan held the paper to the flame.
4
Using more wax, he planted the tree in a circular rubber base.
5
The servant has given me two wax candles; it is pure extravagance.
Usage of waxes in anglès
1
Pretyman emphasizes trifles, slights important matters, and waxes learned concerning the irrelevant.
2
In them is a supreme God, and one who waxes not old.'
3
The amount of sea ice waxes and wanes with the seasons.
4
He slipped the cylinder over the waxes and tightly into the rubber base.
5
These waxes are selected based on the anticipated snow temperature of the course.
6
Enforcement typically waxes under Democratic administrations and wanes under Republican ones.
7
As the moon waxes, the power of the current wanes, and vice versa.
8
The subterranean brotherhood waxes curiously indignant over being lied to by prison officials.
9
Who established that whereby the moon waxes, and whereby she wanes, save Thee?
10
The tobacco cherry waxes, and we soon catch the first waft of smoke.
11
I dare not sit idle whilst Roose Bolton's star waxes and mine wanes.
12
But there's a problem: The full moon waxes this weekend.
13
There'd barely be time for scheduling waxes, let alone any other essential maintenance operations.
14
As the credit of the Crown Prince wanes, so the cult of Hindenburg waxes.
15
End-group analysis of the waxes reveals β-H elimination as the dominant chain transfer process.
16
For 20 minutes he waxes lyrical, his corporate terminology belying a chilling messianic zeal.
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Waxes through the time
Waxes across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common