WAX FIGURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wax figure mean? 

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

1. an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAX FIGURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wax figure; waxwork

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

effigy; image; simulacrum (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture))