candle wax

noun

Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles

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Meanings

nouncandle wax (countable and uncountable, plural candle waxes)

plural candle waxes · alternative candlewax

  1. countableuncountableAny material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles

    She is not beaming at all. Her mouth is set like the wardress of Belsen wishing to boil Joyous’s chubby cheeks into candle wax.

    2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 83

Translations

Dutch kaarsvet
  • kaarsvetany material used to make the body of candles
German Kerzenwachs
  • Kerzenwachsany material used to make the body of candles
Irish céir choinnle
  • céir choinnleany material used to make the body of candles
Swedish stearin, ljusvax
  • stearinany material used to make the body of candles
  • ljusvaxany material used to make the body of candles
Cite this entry
APA

candle wax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candle%20wax

MLA

“candle wax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candle%20wax. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candle wax,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candle%20wax.

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