beeswax
(noun) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
beeswax
(verb) cover with beeswax; “Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table”
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) “Business”, 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 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
