WAXLIKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does waxlike mean? • WAXLIKE (adjective)
The adjective WAXLIKE has 2 senses:
1. having the paleness of wax
2. resembling or covered with wax
Familiarity information: WAXLIKE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WAXLIKE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having the paleness of wax
Synonyms:
waxlike; waxen; waxy
Context examples:
the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor / the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him / a thin face with a waxy paleness
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Meaning:
Resembling or covered with wax
Synonyms:
ceraceous; wax-coated; waxlike; waxy
Context examples:
as shiny as a waxy pippin / the ceraceous surface of the leaves
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
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