beeswax
(noun) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
beeswax
(verb) cover with beeswax; āChris beeswaxed the kitchen tableā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beeswax (usually uncountable, plural beeswaxes)
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
(colloquial, mildly, humorous) āBusinessā, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
• E901 (when used as a glazing agent)
beeswax (third-person singular simple present beeswaxes, present participle beeswaxing, simple past and past participle beeswaxed)
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
Source: Wiktionary
Bees"wax`, n.
Definition: The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by CaffƩ Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
