wax-like
Example Sentences
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White phosphorus is a wax-like substance which ignites on contact with oxygen, creating bright plumes of smoke.
From BBC • May 6, 2023
Back then, companies used wax-like finishes to keep water from soaking through their clothing.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022
Here we have mistletoe, and Jeanne watches her mother with a half-smile as she buys a great ball of dainty gray-green leaves and wax-like berries.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2012
The night-blooming cereus was in rank abundance, together with the flor de pascua, or Easter flower, so lovely in its cream-colored, wax-like blossom.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Other similar deposits, but usually wax-like and dull, are found in Utah and neighbouring States.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
