wax

Noun
  1. Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin;
    They are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water (synset 115118861)
    is a type of: lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
    subtypes:
    • bayberry tallow, bayberry wax - a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
    • carnauba, carnauba wax - hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
    • candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
    • ceresin - a white wax extracted from ozokerite
    • floor wax - a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors
    • fig wax, gondang wax - a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
    • japan tallow, japan wax - a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
    • montan wax - a hard wax obtained from lignite
    • pisang wax - a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
    • paraffin scale, scale wax - partly refined paraffin wax
    • ski wax - wax used on the bottom of skis
    • beeswax - a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
    • cerumen, earwax - a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
    • paraffin, paraffin wax - from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
    • spermaceti - a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
    • vegetable wax - a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
    • lac wax, shellac wax - a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol
Verb
  1. Cover with wax (synset 201271290)
    "wax the car"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    subtypes: beeswax - cover with beeswax
  2. Go up or advance (synset 200434185)
    "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
    is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
    subtypes:
    • jump - increase suddenly and significantly
    • advance, gain - rise in rate or price
    same as: climb, mount, rise
  3. Increase in phase (synset 200434478)
    "the moon is waxing"
    is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amount
    same as: full

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