Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

    The candle was made entirely of natural beeswax.

    She polished the furniture with beeswax to give it a shine.

    Bienenwachs

    пчели́ный воскpčelínyj vosk

    бджоли́ний ві́скbdžolýnyj vísk

  2. (Canada, US, humorous, informal, uncountable, usually)Business.

    mind your own beeswax

    none of your beeswax

More definitions
  • a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs

Examples

7 sentences
  1. That's none of your beeswax.

    Це вас не стосується. — aandrusiak

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  2. After honey, beeswax is the second most important hive product from an economic standpoint.

  3. While still inside its beeswax cell, the larva is fed by nurse worker bees.

  4. Beeswax is also one of the most commonly used waxes in cosmetics.

  5. It's none of your beeswax.

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From bee + -s- + wax.

From bee + -s- + wax.

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Forms

plural: beeswaxes
Singularbeeswax

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
E901

See also

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