"waxwork" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: waxworks [plural]
Etymology: wax + work Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wax|work}} wax + work Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} waxwork (countable and uncountable, plural waxworks)
  1. (countable) A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person. Tags: countable Translations (a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person): восъчна фигура (vosǎčna figura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 蠟像 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜡像 (làxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), vahakuva (Finnish), vahapatsas (Finnish), personnage en cire [masculine] (French), Wachsfigur [feminine] (German), 蝋人形 (rōningyō) (alt: ろうにんぎょう) (Japanese), воскова́я фигу́ра (voskovája figúra) [feminine] (Russian), муля́ж (muljáž) [masculine] (Russian), หุ่นขี้ผึ้ง (hùn-kîi-pʉ̂ng) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-waxwork-en-noun-CS2~QDRb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -work Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -work: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person': 94 6
  2. (uncountable) The art of producing such figures. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-waxwork-en-noun-46emcT9a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Roxbury waxwork, waxworker, waxwork-man, waxworks Related terms: wax museum

Inflected forms

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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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