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wax museum en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A museum featuring lifelike statues made of wax.
    • On the eve of selling his London wax museum to American Amos Burns, Claude Dupree is murdered by his Jack the Ripper figure, which apparently comes to life. 2020, James McKay, Ray Milland: The Films, 1929–1984, McFarland, →ISBN, page 261:

Forms

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wax museums Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

waxwork · waxworks · wax figure

Translations (25)

pt museu de cera (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ko 밀랍 인형 박물관 (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ka ცვილის ფიგურების მუზეუმი (museum featuring statues made of wax) · de Panoptikum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ja 蝋人形館 (museum featuring statues made of wax) · cs panoptikum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ka ცვილის მუზეუმი (museum featuring statues made of wax) · nl wassenbeeldenmuseum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · fi vahakabinetti (museum featuring statues made of wax) · hu viaszmúzeum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · nl panopticum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ro muzeu de ceară (museum featuring statues made of wax) · fr musée de cire (museum featuring statues made of wax) · cmn 蠟像館 /蜡像馆 (museum featuring statues made of wax) · de Wachsfigurenkabinett (museum featuring statues made of wax) · pl gabinet figur woskowych (museum featuring statues made of wax) · pl panoptikum (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ru музе́й восковы́х фигу́р (museum featuring statues made of wax) · es museo de cera (museum featuring statues made of wax) · he מוּזֵאוֹן שַׁעֲוָה (museum featuring statues made of wax) · it museo delle cere (museum featuring statues made of wax) · is vaxmyndasafn (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ar مَتْحَف شَمْع (museum featuring statues made of wax) · sv vaxkabinett (museum featuring statues made of wax) · ko 밀랍 박물관 (museum featuring statues made of wax)