waxwork \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun 1. a.: an effigy in wax usually representing a person < she sat so still that she might have been a waxwork — Agatha Christie > b.waxworksplural but singular or plural in construction: an exhibition of wax effigies < visited a waxworks > 2.: bittersweet 2b