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WAX-COATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wax-coated mean?
• WAX-COATED (adjective)
The adjective WAX-COATED has 1 sense:
1. resembling or covered with wax
Familiarity information: WAX-COATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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