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BEESWAX

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("beeswax" is a kind of...):

animal product (a product made from animal material)

wax (any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water)

Meronyms (substance of "beeswax"):

cerotic acid; hexacosanoic acid (a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beeswax"):

Ghedda wax (wax from Indian and African bees)

Derivation:

beeswax (cover with beeswax)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with beeswax

Example:

Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "beeswax" is one way to...):

wax (cover with wax)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

beeswax (a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs)

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