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

Noun

a life-size lifelike wax figure of a famous person

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"