How many syllables in Wax
Word
Wax
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
wax
Definition
- v. i. - To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
fuller; -- opposed to wane.
- v. i. - To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as,
to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to
wax worse and worse.
- n. - A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by
them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It
is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form
of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become
whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
- n. - Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or
appearance.
- n. - Cerumen, or earwax.
- n. - A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding
air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching
wax, etc.
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