Перевод: с английского на русский

с русского на английский

(as) yielding as wax

См. также в других словарях:

  • wax palm — noun 1. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax • Syn: ↑caranday, ↑caranda, ↑caranda palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba • Hypernyms: ↑fan palm • …   Useful english dictionary

  • wax tree — noun : a tree yielding wax: as a. : japanese wax tree b. : an arborescent evergreen privet (Ligustrum lucidum) of eastern Asia that is wholly glabrous, has dark green lustrous leaves and terminal panicles of white flowers, and is sometimes used… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wax — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Moustache wax — Gentleman with a waxed moustache ca. 1910 wearing a Homburg hat and pince nez Moustache wax is a stiff pomade applied to a moustache as a grooming aid to hold the hairs in place, especially at the extremities. It can also have restorative… …   Wikipedia

  • White wax — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soft as wax — lenient, yielding, wimpy, spineless, weak in character …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Softness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Softness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 softness softness pliableness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 flexibility flexibility Sgm: N 1 pliancy pliancy pliability Sgm: N 1 sequacity sequacity malleability …   English dictionary for students

  • softness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of yielding readily to pressure Nouns 1. softness, pliableness, pliancy, pliability, flexibility; malleability; ductility, tractility; extendability, extensibility; plasticity; flaccidity,… …   English dictionary for students

  • caranda — noun South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax • Syn: ↑caranday, ↑caranda palm, ↑wax palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba • Hypernyms: ↑fan palm • Member …   Useful english dictionary

  • caranda — caranda, caranday caranday . a South American palm ({Copernicia australis} or {Copernicia alba}) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax. Syn: caranday, caranda palm, wax palm. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • caranday — caranda caranda, caranday caranday . a South American palm ({Copernicia australis} or {Copernicia alba}) yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax. Syn: caranday, caranda palm, wax palm. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»