waxwork
waxwork · waxworks
восковая фигура, муляж
Wachsfigur
A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous personA figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
Wachsfigur
воскова́я фигу́раvoskovája figúra, муля́жmuljáž
an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
(uncountable)The art of producing such figures.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person:
Origin
From wax + work.From wax + work.
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Forms
plural: waxworksSynonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax:wax figure
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Word family
4 related wordsRelatedwax museum
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable