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ear-wax

ear-wax is the alternative form of earwax.

Meaning of earwax

Noun

earwax (usually uncountable, plural earwaxes)

  1. (usually) A waxy substance secreted by the ear.
    • Her's Agamemnon, an honeſt fellow inough and one that loues quailes, but hee has not ſo much braine as eare-wax, […]c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. Excellently Expressing the Beginning of their Loues, with the Conceited Wooing of Pandarus, Prince of Licia, London...
    Synonyms:
    cerumen, wax

Questions about ear-wax

What is ear-wax the alternative form of?
Ear-wax is the alternative form of earwax.

Words near ear-wax in the dictionary

  1. ear-tagged
  2. ear-tagging
  3. ear-tags
  4. ear-trumpet
  5. ear-trumpets
  6. ear-wax
  7. ear-worm
  8. ear-worms
  9. ear-wormy
  10. Earabino
  11. Earabinos

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