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SEALING WAX

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• SEALING WAX (noun)
The noun SEALING WAX has 1 sense:

1. fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

Familiarity information: SEALING WAX used as a noun is very rare.

• SEALING WAX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seal; sealing wax

Hypernyms ("sealing wax" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Meronyms (substance of "sealing wax"):

lac (resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax)

"If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly."
(English proverb)
"The child tells what goes on in the house."
(Albanian proverb)
"They kill the peacock for the beauty of its feathers."
(Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys."
(Corsican proverb)

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Definition of lac
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Definition of holdfast

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