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sealing wax

/ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/

sealing wax noun: wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.

sealing wax: wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed...
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Noun

sealing wax (usually uncountable, plural sealing waxes)

  1. (usually) Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.

sealing wax meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

sealing wax in Tamil

முத்திரை அரக்கு, முத்திரையிடுமெழுகு, அரக்குமெழுகு, ஒட்டுமெழுகு, அரக்கு

sealing wax in Bengali

sealing wax
গালা gala

sealing wax in Telugu

wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it
లక్క lakka

sealing wax in Kannada

ಅರಗು
More languagesFewer languages
sealing wax in Tagalog
lakre

Forms of sealing wax

pluralsealing waxes
alternative formsealing-wax

Words formed from sealing wax

  • sealing-wax red

Questions about sealing wax

What does sealing wax mean?
Sealing wax means wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.
What is sealing wax in Tamil?
Sealing wax in Tamil is முத்திரை அரக்கு, முத்திரையிடுமெழுகு, அரக்குமெழுகு. See Sealing wax meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sealing wax?
Sealing wax is a noun.
How do you pronounce sealing wax?
Sealing wax is pronounced /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/.
What is the plural of sealing wax?
The plural of sealing wax is sealing waxes.

Words near sealing wax in the dictionary

  1. sealing someone's fate
  2. sealing the deal
  3. sealing up
  4. sealing washer
  5. sealing washers
  6. sealing wax
  7. sealing waxes
  8. sealing-wax
  9. sealing-waxes
  10. sealings
  11. sealion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sealing wax (page history and authors); sealing wax (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); গালা (Bengali) (page history and authors); sealing wax (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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