Definitions for: Waxwork


[n] an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax
[n] twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds



Webster (1913) Definition: Wax"work`, n.
1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens).
It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
seeds.

Synonyms: American bittersweet, bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, wax figure

See Also: Celastrus, effigy, genus Celastrus, image, simulacrum, vine

Try our:
Scrabble Word Finder

Scrabble Cheat

Words With Friends Cheat

Hanging With Friends Cheat

Scramble With Friends Cheat

Ruzzle Cheat



Related Resources:
u letter animals
animals begin with y