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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 trumpets
  2. ear tuft
  3. ear tufts
  4. ear tunnel
  5. ear tunnels
  6. ear wax
  7. ear worm
  8. ear worms
  9. ear, nose and throat
  10. ear, nose, and throat
  11. ear-achingly

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