as in plastic
capable of being easily molded or modeled
the children made little animals with the colorful, waxy modeling clay
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Recent Examples of waxy
The blasting flames start to slowly heat a giant vat holding hundreds of gallons of goopy, waxy sludge above.
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
Summary Cholesterol is a waxy substance that every cell in the body needs to function.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
The palate features sweet lemon cream, waxy candy, and vanilla almond cake—a round, creamy vodka with great texture and length for all applications.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Clusters of what looked like brown-speckled white mold coated the stem—legless females, surrounded by a white, waxy protective substance.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
Summary Cholesterol is a waxy substance that every cell in the body needs to function.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
The palate features sweet lemon cream, waxy candy, and vanilla almond cake—a round, creamy vodka with great texture and length for all applications.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Clusters of what looked like brown-speckled white mold coated the stem—legless females, surrounded by a white, waxy protective substance.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waxy
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Using tweezers, remove the stickers from the plastic backing of the seeds or beads.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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The wireless charging pad for mobile devices is now capable of 15 W, and the much-disliked capacitive multifunction steering wheel has been replaced by a wheel with plastic buttons.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Waxy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waxy. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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