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waxwork

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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.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waxworkwaxwork - twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
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.waxworkwaxwork - an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
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] Nfigura f de cera
waxwork [ˈwækswɜːrk] n (= model) → personnage m de cire
waxwork [ˈwæksˌwɜːk] n (model) → statua di cera
waxwork [ˈwæksˌwɜːk] n (model) → statua di cera


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The scale of wickedness allowed to the waxwork British lady is most charmingly graduated.
A many, many, beautiful corpses she laid out, as nice and neat as waxwork.
Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state.
 
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