waxwork

3 definitions found

waxwork - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Waxwork \Wax"work`\, n.
     1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed
        or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens).
        It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open
        in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the
        seeds.
        [1913 Webster]

waxwork - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  waxwork
      n 1: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules
           enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: bittersweet, American bittersweet
           , climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet,
           staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens
           ]
      2: an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax [syn:
         waxwork, wax figure]

waxwork - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "waxwork":
     bust, carving, doll, dolly, dummy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead,
     figurine, gingerbread man, lay figure, man of straw, manikin,
     mannequin, marionette, model, monument, portrait bust, puppet,
     scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, statuary, statue, statuette,
     wax figure, wood carving