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单词 wax tablet
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wax tablet

[ waks-tab-lit ]
/ ˈwæks ˌtæb lɪt /

noun

a tablet made of bone, wood, etc., and covered with wax, used by the ancients for writing with a stylus.
Sometimes waxed tab·let [wakst-tab-lit] /ˈwækst ˈtæb lɪt/ .

Origin of wax tablet

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby wax tablet

wax museum, wax myrtle, wax palm, wax paper, wax plant, wax tablet, wax tree, waxwing, waxwork, waxworks, waxy
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Example sentences from the Web for wax tablet

  • In the schools the wax-tablet supplied the place of the slate, and in daily life was a substitute for our note-book.

    Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2|Ernst Eckstein
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