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waxworks

waxworks is the plural of waxwork.

Meaning of waxwork

Noun

waxwork (countable and uncountable, plural waxworks)

  1. (countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
    • The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
  2. (uncountable) The art of producing such figures.
    • Waxwork is a fine art, but it differs from all other fine arts in that its main purpose is one that is expressly rejected by all those other arts.1926, R. Austin Freeman, The D'Arblay Mystery

Noun

waxworks (plural waxworks)

  1. An exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
    • There is nothing so fascinating for a human being as others of the species. What is gripping about a waxworks like Tussaud's is that the models are full size and the visitor can gaze at celebrities as familiar equals, a dream (or nightmare) come true.2006, Pamela Pilbeam, Madame Tussaud: And the History of Waxworks, page 221

Forms of waxworks

pluralwaxworks

Questions about waxworks

What does waxworks mean?
Waxworks means an exhibition of waxwork figures; a wax museum.
What is waxworks the plural of?
Waxworks is the plural of waxwork.
What part of speech is waxworks?
Waxworks is a noun.
What is the plural of waxworks?
The plural of waxworks is waxworks.

Words near waxworks in the dictionary

  1. waxwings
  2. waxwork
  3. waxworker
  4. waxworkers
  5. waxworking
  6. waxworks
  7. waxworky
  8. waxworm
  9. waxworms
  10. Waxxari
  11. waxy

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