Waxmaking

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The manufacture of wax, or of items from wax. uncountable

    "To fill the high demand for his work, Dr. Curtius began teaching Manon the art of waxmaking, eventually letting her mold a likeness of the great writer, Voltaire."

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"To fill the high demand for his work, Dr. Curtius began teaching Manon the art of waxmaking, eventually letting her mold a likeness of the great writer, Voltaire."

Etymology

From wax + making.

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