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earwaxes

earwaxes is the plural 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 earwaxes

What is earwaxes the plural of?
Earwaxes is the plural of earwax.

Words near earwaxes in the dictionary

  1. earwards
  2. earware
  3. earwax
  4. earwax impaction
  5. earwax impactions
  6. earwaxes
  7. earwaxy
  8. earwear
  9. earwig
  10. earwigflies
  11. earwigfly

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