sealing wax

See also: sealing-wax

English

sealing wax in use

Alternative forms

• sealing-wax

Pronunciation

• enPR: sēlʹĭng wăks', IPA^(key): /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/

Noun

sealing wax (usually uncountable, plural sealing waxes)

1. Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened.

Derived terms

• sealing-wax red

Translations

wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 封蠟／封蜡 (zh) (fēnglà), 封蜡 (zh) (fēnglà)

• Esperanto: sigelvakso
• French: cire à cacheter f
• Greek: βουλοκέρι (el) n (voulokéri)
• Japanese: 封蝋 (ふうろう, fūrō)
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• Nogai: лав (lav)
• Polish: lak (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: cèir-sheulachaidh f
• Spanish: lacre (es) m
• Tagalog: lakre
• Telugu: లక్క (te) (lakka)