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beeswax

/ˈbiːzwæks/

beeswax noun: a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

beeswax: a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in...
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Noun

beeswax (usually uncountable, plural beeswaxes)

  1. (usually) A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
    • The candle was made entirely of natural beeswax.
    • She polished the furniture with beeswax to give it a shine.
  2. (Canada, US, humorous, informal, usually) Business.
    • mind your own beeswax
    • none of your beeswax

Verb

beeswax (third-person singular simple present beeswaxes, present participle beeswaxing, simple past and past participle beeswaxed)

  1. (transitive) To polish with beeswax.

beeswax meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

beeswax in Hindi

wax secreted by bees
मोम mom, मधुमोम madhumom

beeswax in Tamil

wax secreted by bees
மெழுகு meḻuku, தேன்மெழுகு tēṉmeḻuku

beeswax in Urdu

wax secreted by bees
موم mom

beeswax in Bengali

wax secreted by bees
মোম mōm
More languagesFewer languages
beeswax in Malayalam
മെഴുക് meḻukŭ
beeswax in Kannada
ಜೇನಿನ ಮೇಣ, ಮಯಣ, ಜೇನುಮೇಣ
beeswax in Punjabi
ਮੋਮ mom
beeswax in Sanskrit
मधूक madhūka
beeswax in Assamese
মৌসিটা mouxita, মম mom
beeswax in Tagalog
pagkit
beeswax in Arabic
شَمْع الْعَسَل šamʕ al-ʕasal
beeswax in Malay
lilin lebah
beeswax in Indonesian
lilin lebah, malam
beeswax in Persian
موم mum
beeswax in Thai
ขี้ผึ้ง kîi-pʉ̂ng
beeswax in Vietnamese
sáp ong

Examples of beeswax in a sentence

  • You warm the candlestub between your hands and smell it—real beeswax.
  • “This has nothing to do with you, Kinsey, so mind your own beeswax.”
  • Japan wax is compatible with beeswax, cocoa butter, and glycerides.

All 11 example sentences with beeswax

Synonyms of beeswax

  • E901

Forms of beeswax

Noun
pluralbeeswaxes
Verb
third-person singular presentbeeswaxes
present participlebeeswaxing
past participlebeeswaxed
pastbeeswaxed

Origin of beeswax

From bee + -s- + wax.

Words formed from beeswax

Phrases with beeswax

Questions about beeswax

What does beeswax mean?
Beeswax means a wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
What is beeswax in Hindi?
Beeswax in Hindi is मोम (mom), मधुमोम (madhumom). See Beeswax meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is beeswax?
Beeswax can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce beeswax?
Beeswax is pronounced /ˈbiːzwæks/.
What is the plural of beeswax?
The plural of beeswax is beeswaxes.

Words near beeswax in the dictionary

  1. Beestons
  2. beests
  3. beestung
  4. beeswarm
  5. beeswarms
  6. beeswax
  7. beeswaxed
  8. beeswaxes
  9. beeswaxing
  10. beeswing
  11. beeswinged

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: beeswax (page history and authors); beeswax (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मधूक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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