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floor wax — noun a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors • Hypernyms: ↑wax * * * noun : a preparation made typically of a mixture of beeswax and vegetable waxes in a suitable vehicle and used for polishing and… … Useful english dictionary
floor wax — n. special wax for polishing and preserving floors … English contemporary dictionary
Floor cleaning — is a major occupation throughout the world. The main job of most cleaners is to clean floors.Reasons for cleaning floorsThe principal reasons for floor cleaning are:* To prevent injuries due to tripping or slipping. Injuries due to slips and… … Wikipedia
floor — n. story 1) the first; ground; lower; main; second; top; upper floor 2) on a floor (on the second floor) (lower surface of a room ) 3) a dirt (AE), earth (BE); inlaid; parquet; tile; wooden floor 4) on a floor (he was sleeping on the floor) 5)… … Combinatory dictionary
wax — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, aluminum oxide, ambergris, anoint, antifriction, appreciate, augment, auto polish, balloon, bear fruit, beeswax, black lead, bloat, bloom, blossom, blubber, boom, boost, breakthrough, breed … Moby Thesaurus
wax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cere, grease, coat, smooth, polish; grow, increase, strengthen. See smoothness. n. tallow, paraffin, beeswax, cerumen, oil. II (Roget s IV) n. Waxes include: paraffin, resin, spermaceti, lanolin,… … English dictionary for students
wax — 1 noun (U) 1 a solid material made out of fats or oils used to make candles, polish etc: wax crayon 2 a natural sticky substance in your ears see also: beeswax 2 verb 1 FLOOR/FURNITURE (T) to put a thin layer of wax on a floor or surface etc in… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wax — wax1 waxable, adj. waxlike, adj. /waks/, n. 1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models,… … Universalium
wax — I. /wæks / (say waks) noun 1. any of a group of amorphous solid materials consisting of esters of monohydric alcohols and the higher homologues of fatty acids, as beeswax, an ester of palmitic acid, C30H61OCOC15H31. 2. any of various other… …
wax — wax1 [wæks] n [U] ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [: Old English; Origin: weax] 1.) a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make ↑candles, ↑polish etc ▪ wax crayons 2.) a natural sticky substance in your ears →↑beeswax … Dictionary of contemporary English
wax — [[t]wæ̱ks[/t]] waxes, waxing, waxed 1) N MASS Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the… … English dictionary
