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Definition of beeswax in English: beeswaxnoun ˈbiːzwaksˈbizˌwæks mass noun1The wax secreted by bees to make honeycombs and used to make wood polishes and candles. she rubbed her furniture with beeswax as modifier beeswax candles Example sentencesExamples - If he wanted to make a one off casting he made a model of the object he wanted to cast out of wood or beeswax.
- The income comes not just from the honey but also beeswax polish and face creams.
- He bent down and picked up my traveler's pouch, fishing one of my beeswax candles from it.
- It was clear, very early, that people bought lip balm 10 times faster than they bought beeswax furniture polish.
- Use only the highest quality oils and unscented beeswax candles.
- Floors were polished with real beeswax, which was melted down, he recalls.
- Plett also sells other home-crafted items such as Christmas stockings and beeswax candles, and this year will offer cards and books.
- A single beeswax candle flickered, the wax running down the side to puddle on the tabletop.
- And while you're at it, pick up some flowers and beeswax candles - your shopping will be just about done.
- This means that an equivalent size beeswax candle will burn brighter, and for longer, than a paraffin wax one.
- We need some new candle moulds before the winter beeswax candlemaking season can begin.
- Essential oils, vitamin E and beeswax help heal and moisturize the skin.
- Millions of mines littered the country, hindering subsistence agriculture, hunting of small and large game and gathering of forest products such as mushrooms, honey, beeswax and wild fruits when in season.
- On view are nearly 100 sculptures in beeswax, paper and bronze, along with photographs, miniatures and drawings in an exhibition largely installed by the artist.
- If you have been using a paste furniture wax like beeswax and you see ripples, you have applied too much.
- The place had an old smell to it: wood and fabric, the underlying scents of beeswax and oils and something else.
- Kids will love to watch the industrious honeybees at work in a display hive while you shop for raspberry honey butter and beeswax candles.
- Here, four large slab-like beams are made of wood covered in beeswax, each 8 feet high by about 2 feet wide and 8 inches thick.
- He lit the five beeswax candles in the brass candelabra sitting on the corner of the desk, and threw open the topmost book as he seated himself.
- From his leather pouch he withdrew a small beeswax candle, lit it and placed it in the center of the room.
2North American informal A person's concern or business. that's none of your beeswax Example sentencesExamples - It's none of his beeswax where I buy my paint.
- Which was very wise, considering it was none of their beeswax.
- I consider it none of my beeswax if someone makes a million dollars in one of these things or loses his shirt.
- I know you have your reasons, and, ultimately, it's none of my beeswax.
verbˈbiːzwaks [with object]often as adjective beeswaxedPolish (furniture) with beeswax. Example sentencesExamples - At the weekend, we beeswaxed the furniture.
- Tomorrow she would beeswax the furniture and polish the wood into a deep gleam, but today she didnt have time she had to go and see the doctor.
- Each handle is hand-stitched using vegetable dyed English tan leather with beeswaxed twine.
Definition of beeswax in US English: beeswaxnounˈbizˌwæksˈbēzˌwaks 1The wax secreted by bees to make honeycombs and used to make wood polishes and candles. turning pollen into beeswax Example sentencesExamples - Kids will love to watch the industrious honeybees at work in a display hive while you shop for raspberry honey butter and beeswax candles.
- And while you're at it, pick up some flowers and beeswax candles - your shopping will be just about done.
- A single beeswax candle flickered, the wax running down the side to puddle on the tabletop.
- Essential oils, vitamin E and beeswax help heal and moisturize the skin.
- He bent down and picked up my traveler's pouch, fishing one of my beeswax candles from it.
- Here, four large slab-like beams are made of wood covered in beeswax, each 8 feet high by about 2 feet wide and 8 inches thick.
- It was clear, very early, that people bought lip balm 10 times faster than they bought beeswax furniture polish.
- Use only the highest quality oils and unscented beeswax candles.
- Floors were polished with real beeswax, which was melted down, he recalls.
- Plett also sells other home-crafted items such as Christmas stockings and beeswax candles, and this year will offer cards and books.
- We need some new candle moulds before the winter beeswax candlemaking season can begin.
- If you have been using a paste furniture wax like beeswax and you see ripples, you have applied too much.
- He lit the five beeswax candles in the brass candelabra sitting on the corner of the desk, and threw open the topmost book as he seated himself.
- The income comes not just from the honey but also beeswax polish and face creams.
- This means that an equivalent size beeswax candle will burn brighter, and for longer, than a paraffin wax one.
- From his leather pouch he withdrew a small beeswax candle, lit it and placed it in the center of the room.
- The place had an old smell to it: wood and fabric, the underlying scents of beeswax and oils and something else.
- If he wanted to make a one off casting he made a model of the object he wanted to cast out of wood or beeswax.
- Millions of mines littered the country, hindering subsistence agriculture, hunting of small and large game and gathering of forest products such as mushrooms, honey, beeswax and wild fruits when in season.
- On view are nearly 100 sculptures in beeswax, paper and bronze, along with photographs, miniatures and drawings in an exhibition largely installed by the artist.
2North American informal A person's concern or business. that's none of your beeswax Example sentencesExamples - I consider it none of my beeswax if someone makes a million dollars in one of these things or loses his shirt.
- It's none of his beeswax where I buy my paint.
- I know you have your reasons, and, ultimately, it's none of my beeswax.
- Which was very wise, considering it was none of their beeswax.
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