beeswax

Plural: beeswaxes

Noun

• The wax secreted by bees to build honeycombs.
• a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
• A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
• Business, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.

Verb

• cover with beeswax
  • "Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table"
• To polish with beeswax.

Examples

• "Mind your own BEESWAX," she joked after playing the word for 34 points.

Synonyms

E901