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noun

Waxwork n.

Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

(Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.

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Etymology of 'Waxwork'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Waxwork" Quotes from Famous Books

... sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme. image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile. figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet^, marionette, fantoccini^, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette. ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram. map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626. ichnography^, cartography; atlas; outline, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

Words linked to "Waxwork" : simulacrum, climbing bittersweet, staff vine, wax figure, bittersweet, false bittersweet, Celastrus scandens