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dewax

dewax verb: to remove wax from (a material or surface).

Verb

dewax (third-person singular simple present dewaxes, present participle dewaxing, simple past and past participle dewaxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove wax from (a material or surface).

Forms of dewax

third-person singular presentdewaxes
present participledewaxing
past participledewaxed
pastdewaxed

Origin of dewax

From de- + wax.

Words formed from dewax

Questions about dewax

What does dewax mean?
Dewax means to remove wax from (a material or surface).
What part of speech is dewax?
Dewax is a verb.
What is the past tense of dewax?
The past tense of dewax is dewaxed.

Words near dewax in the dictionary

  1. dewaterings
  2. dewaters
  3. Dewathang
  4. dewaun
  5. dewauns
  6. dewax
  7. dewaxed
  8. dewaxer
  9. dewaxes
  10. dewaxing
  11. dewaxings

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