WAX MUSEUM

Meaning of WAX MUSEUM in English

a museum containing wax effigies of famous persons, esp. historical figures, usually in scenes associated with their lives.

[ 1950-55 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WAX MUSEUM — noun Date: 1953 a place where wax effigies (as of famous historical persons) are exhibited
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAX MUSEUM — museum which exhibits wax figures of famous people
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAX MUSEUM — Date: 1953 : a place where wax effigies (as of famous historical persons) are exhibited
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAX MUSEUM — Function: noun Date: 1953 : a place where wax effigies (as of famous historical persons) are exhibited
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WAX MUSEUM — [wax museum] n (1953): a place where wax effigies (as of famous historical persons) are exhibited
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX MUSEUM — ➡ waxwork
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX MUSEUM — галерея восковых фигур (изображающих известных исторических лиц)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAX MUSEUM — галерея восковых фигур ( изображающих известных исторических лиц )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAX MUSEUM — галерея восковых фигур ( изображающих известных исторических лиц )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WAX MUSEUM — галерея восковых фигур ( изображающих известных исторических лиц )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAX MUSEUM — музей восковых фигур
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WAX MUSEUM — музей восковых фигур
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WAX MUSEUM — галерея восковых фигур (изображающих известных исторических лиц)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSEUM — muséo
English interlingue dictionary
MUSEUM — noun Etymology: Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAX — I Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Английский словарь Британика
MUSEUM — I Public institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humans and their environment. Types of museums …
Английский словарь Британика
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wax, wex, from Old English weax; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSEUM — (ˈ)myü|zēəm, ÷ ˈ ̷ ̷_ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin Museum, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX — (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer …
Английский словарь Webster
WAX — ( v. i. ) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX — wax 1 — waxable , adj. — waxlike , adj. /waks/ , n. 1. Also called beeswax . a solid, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MUSEUM — /myooh zee"euhm/ , n. a building or place where works of art, scientific specimens, or other objects of permanent value …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs wax, Lithuanian vaškas Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUSEUM — noun Etymology: Latin Museum place for learned occupation, from Greek Mouseion, from neuter of Mouseios of the Muses, from Mousa …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAX — noun cerumen, or earwax. 2. wax ·noun a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. 3. wax ·noun …
Webster English vocab
WAX — [wax] n [ME, fr. OE weax; akin to OHG wahs wax, Lith vaskas] (bef. 12c) 1: a substance that is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MUSEUM — [mu.se.um] n [L Museum place for learned occupation, fr. Gk Mouseion, fr. neut. of Mouseios of the Muses, fr. Mousa] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX — any of a class of pliable substances of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin that differ from fats in being …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSEUM — institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humankind and the environment. In its preserving of this …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSEUM — also called Alexandrian Museum, or Museum Of Alexandria, Greek Mouseion, ancient centre of classical learning at Alexandria in Egypt. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUSEUM — museum BrE AmE mju ˈzi ː ‿əm ˌmjuː- —Occasionally also -ˈzeɪ- ▷ museum|s z ▶ mu ˈ seum piece BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAX — / wæks; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a solid substance that is made from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSEUM — / mjuˈziːəm; NAmE / noun a building in which objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific interest are kept and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX — I. wax 1 /wæks/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weax ] 1 . a solid …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUSEUM — mu ‧ se ‧ um S3 W2 /mjuːˈziəm $ mjʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAX — n. & v. --n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. ømuseum piece 1 a specimen …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAX — n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. museum piece 1 a specimen …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAX — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; …
Oxford English vocab
MUSEUM — n. a building used for storing and exhibiting objects of historical, scientific, or cultural interest. Phrases and idioms: museum piece …
Oxford English vocab
WAX — ( waxes, waxing, waxed) 1. Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSEUM — ( museums) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A museum is a building …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUSEUM — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A ~ is a building where …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WAX
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSEUM — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a museum collection ▪ The specimens are now part of a fine museum collection in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSEUM — [noun] [C] - a building where objects of historical, scientific or artistic interest are kepta museum of modern artthe Imperial …
Cambridge English vocab
WAX — n. Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSEUM — n. Alexandria Museum of Old Museum of Painting American Museum of Natural History British Museum Getty Museum J. Paul Guggenheim …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUSEUM — n. Public institution dedicated to preserving and interpreting the primary tangible evidence of humans and their environment. Types of museums …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAX — Synonyms and related words : accrue, accumulate, advance, aluminum oxide, ambergris, anoint, antifriction, appreciate, augment, auto polish, balloon, bear fruit, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSEUM — Synonyms and related words : British Museum, Festschrift, Guggenheim Museum, Hermitage, Indian reservation, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, National Gallery, Prado, Rijksmuseum, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSEUM — n. Function: noun a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition FF1C; an art …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MUSEUM — noun a room, building, or locale where a collection of objects is put on exhibition an art museum with a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MUSEUM — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent , fascinating ( esp. BrE ), great , interesting , major , prestigious ( esp. AmE …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAX — I 1. сущ. 1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный/минеральный со сходными свойствами) wax candle ≈ восковая свеча mineral …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MUSEUM — сущ. музей ethnographic museum ≈ этнографический музей public museum ≈ народный музей science museum ≈ научный музей wax museum ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAX — wax.ogg _I 1. wæks n 1. 1> (пчелиный) воск 2> минеральный воск, озокерит 3> парафин 2. ушная сера 3. мазь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MUSEUM — museum.ogg mju:ʹzıəm n музей
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAX — 1) воск || вощить 2) парафин || парафинировать 3) модельная восковая масса ( для изготовления форм по выплавляемым моделям ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WAX — 1) воск || вощить 2) парафин || парафинировать 3) модельная восковая масса (для изготовления форм по выплавляемым моделям) 4) пластичная глина • - ader wax - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WAX — 1) воск 2) восковой 3) вощаной 4) вощаный 5) вощеный 6) вощить 7) наващивать 8) навощить 9) парафинированный 10) парафинировать • - ader wax - animal wax - candelilla wax - lost wax method - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAX — wax I 1. сущ.1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный/минеральный со сходными свойствами) wax candle — восковая свеча mineral …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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