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wax tablet

wax tablet noun: a tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

Noun

wax tablet (plural wax tablets)

  1. A tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.

Forms of wax tablet

pluralwax tablets

Questions about wax tablet

What does wax tablet mean?
Wax tablet means a tablet made of wood and covered with a layer of wax, used as a reusable and portable writing surface in Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is wax tablet?
Wax tablet is a noun.
What is the plural of wax tablet?
The plural of wax tablet is wax tablets.

Words near wax tablet in the dictionary

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  2. wax point
  3. wax points
  4. wax print
  5. wax someone's tail
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  8. wax the dolphin
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  10. wax vestas
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