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wax vesta

wax vesta noun: a type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.

Noun

wax vesta (plural wax vestas)

  1. (historical) A type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.
    • Suddenly I remembered that I had a tin box of wax-vestas in my pocket.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
    • Of their boxes of wax vestas, two were completely ruined, the heads soft from sweat.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150

Forms of wax vesta

pluralwax vestas
alternative formwax-vesta

Questions about wax vesta

What does wax vesta mean?
Wax vesta means a type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.
What part of speech is wax vesta?
Wax vesta is a noun.
What is the plural of wax vesta?
The plural of wax vesta is wax vestas.

Words near wax vesta in the dictionary

  1. wax print
  2. wax someone's tail
  3. wax tablet
  4. wax tablets
  5. wax the dolphin
  6. wax vesta
  7. wax vestas
  8. wax vine
  9. wax wode
  10. wax-candle
  11. wax-candles

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