waxwork

wax·work  (wkswûrk)

n.

1. The art of modeling in wax.

2. A figure made of wax, especially a life-size wax effigy of a famous person.

3. waxworks (used with a sing. or pl. verb) An exhibition of wax figures in a museum.

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waxwork [ˈwæksˌwɜːk]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an object reproduced in wax, esp as an ornament

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a life-size lifelike figure, esp of a famous person, reproduced in wax

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (plural; functioning as singular or plural) a museum or exhibition of wax figures or objects

waxworker  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	waxwork - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, American bittersweet, bittersweet Celastrus, genus Celastrus - genus of woody vines and erect shrubs (type genus of the Celastraceae) that is native chiefly to Asia and Australia: includes bittersweet vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
	2.	waxwork - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax wax figure effigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"

Translations

waxwork [ˈwækswɜːk] N → figura f de cera

waxwork [ˈwækswɜː^rk] n (= model) → personnage m de cire

waxwork [ˈwæksˌwɜːk] n (model) → statua di cera