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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 


WAX-COATED (adjective)


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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