Half the pain of chest waxing is in the anticipation.
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Waxing
//ˈwæksɪŋ//
Synonyms for "waxing" (55 found)
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Related words (27)
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21 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 熱蠟除毛 /热蜡除毛 verb (cosmetic procedure)
- 美蠟脫毛 /美蜡脱毛 verb (cosmetic procedure)
Danish
2 entries- voksning verb (the action of the verb to wax)
- voksning verb (cosmetic procedure)
Finnish
2 entries- vahaus verb (the action of the verb to wax)
- vahaus verb (cosmetic procedure)
French
2 entries- waxing verb (cosmetic procedure)
- épilation à la cire verb (cosmetic procedure)
German
2 entries- Wachsen verb (cosmetic procedure)
- Waxing verb (cosmetic procedure)
Japanese
1 entries- ワックス脱毛 verb (cosmetic procedure)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- voksing verb (the action of the verb to wax)
- voksing verb (cosmetic procedure)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- voksing verb (the action of the verb to wax)
- voksing verb (cosmetic procedure)
Portuguese
2 entries- depilação com cera verb (cosmetic procedure)
- enceramento verb (the action of the verb to wax)
Russian
3 entries- ва́ксинг verb (cosmetic procedure)
- вакса́ция verb (cosmetic procedure)
- воскова́я эпиля́ция verb (cosmetic procedure)
Turkish
1 entries- ağda verb (cosmetic procedure)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Waxing is a painful but necessary part of most women's beauty routine.
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Waxing is one method of hair removal.
Source: tatoeba (1343868)
I've just finished waxing the floor.
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