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sealing wax en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• sēlʹĭng wăks'
• /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

sealing-wax red

Relateds

signet · signet ring

Translations (27)

hu spanyolviasz (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · az surğuc (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · bg черве́н во́сък (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · gd cèir-sheulachaidh (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · te లక్క (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · pl lak (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · cmn 火漆 (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · is þéttingarvax (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · eo sigelvakso (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · cmn 封蠟 /封蜡 (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · ru сургу́ч (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · ko 봉랍 (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · nl zegelwas (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · tr mühür mumu (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · tl lakre (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · nog лав (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · uk сургу́ч (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · fi sinettivaha (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · fr cire à cacheter (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · pt lacre (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · be ляк (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · hu pecsétviasz (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · el βουλοκέρι (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · de Siegellack (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · es lacre (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · be сургу́ч (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it) · ja 封蝋 (wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it)