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candle waxes

candle waxes is the plural of candle wax.

Meaning of candle wax

Noun

candle wax (countable and uncountable, plural candle waxes)

  1. Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles
    • She is not beaming at all. Her mouth is set like the wardress of Belsen wishing to boil Joyous’s chubby cheeks into candle wax.2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 83

Questions about candle waxes

What is candle waxes the plural of?
Candle waxes is the plural of candle wax.

Words near candle waxes in the dictionary

  1. candle snuffers
  2. CANDLE syndrome
  3. candle tree
  4. candle trees
  5. candle wax
  6. candle waxes
  7. candle-end
  8. candle-ends
  9. candle-light
  10. candle-shade
  11. candle-shades

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