SEALING WAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sealing wax mean? 

• SEALING WAX (noun)
  The noun SEALING WAX has 1 sense:

1. fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

  Familiarity information: SEALING WAX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEALING WAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

seal; sealing wax

Hypernyms ("sealing wax" is a kind of...):

fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Meronyms (substance of "sealing wax"):

lac (resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax)

 Context examples 

To Jo I leave my breastpin, the one mended with sealing wax, also my bronze inkstand—she lost the cover—and my most precious plaster rabbit, because I am sorry I burned up her story.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"What put it into your head? Did anyone tell you about Beth's giving away her things?" asked Laurie soberly, as Amy laid a bit of red tape, with sealing wax, a taper, and a standish before him.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)