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beeswax

noun
/ˈbiːzwæks/

Etymology

From bee + -s- + wax.

  1. derived from *h₂weg-✻ — “to grow, increase”
  2. inherited from *wahsijaną✻ — “to grow”
  3. inherited from *wahsan✻
  4. inherited from weaxan — “to wax, grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, flourish”
  5. inherited from waxen
  6. formed as beeswax — “bee + -s- + wax”

Definitions

  1. A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb

    A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.

    • The candle was made entirely of natural beeswax.
    • She polished the furniture with beeswax to give it a shine.
    • The beekeeper collected honey and beeswax from the hives.

  2. Business.

    • mind your own beeswax
    • none of your beeswax

  3. To polish with beeswax.

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Derived

mind your own beeswax

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beeswax. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at beeswax. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at beeswax

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA