1. Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

1. Cover with wax
   "wax the car" 
2. Go up or advance
   - mount, climb, rise 
3. Increase in phase
   "the moon is waxing"
   - full

Sounds like: whacks

Derived forms: waxes, waxing, waxed

See also: waxing, waxy

Type of: cover, increase, lipid, lipide, lipoid

Antonym: wane

Encyclopedia: Wax Wax, animal and vegetable Wax, petroleum

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