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Meaning of "Chinese wax" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE WAX

Chinese wax  [ˈtriːˌwæks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHINESE WAX

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Chinese wax is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHINESE WAX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chinese wax

Chinese wax is a white to yellowish-white, gelatinous, crystalline water-insoluble substance obtained from the wax secreted by certain insects. It resembles spermaceti but is harder, more friable, and with a higher melting point. It is deposited on the branches of certain trees by the scale insect Ceroplastes ceriferus, common in China and India, or a related scale insect, Ericerus pela, of China and Japan. The insects and their secretions are harvested and boiled with water to extract the raw wax. The insect bodies, which settle to the bottom, are used as food for swine. According to an article in a November, 1932 magazine article in Nature Magazine by Herbert Beardsley"...the male larvae of a white insect, about the size of a mosquito, built a cocoon of pure, shining wax. The tree that produces the white wax insect grows in the Chien-Chang Valley, and there, about march, one may see, on the limbs and branches, round, brown forms, which contain innumerable white insects.

Definition of Chinese wax in the English dictionary

The definition of Chinese wax in the dictionary is a yellowish wax secreted by an oriental scale insect, Ceroplastes ceriferus, and used commercially.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHINESE WAX


AWACS
ˈeɪwæks
beeswax
ˈbiːzˌwæks
dewax
diːˈwæks
earwax
ˈɪəˌwæks
packwax
ˈpækˌwæks
paxwax
ˈpæksˌwæks
rewax
ˌriːˈwæks
sealwax
ˈsiːlˌwæks
thoroughwax
ˈθʌrəˌwæks
treewax
ˈtriːˌwæks
wax
wæks
woadwax
ˈwəʊdˌwæks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHINESE WAX

Chinese ink
Chinese lantern
Chinese leaf
Chinese leaves
Chinese medicine
Chinese puzzle
Chinese red
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese Revolution
Chinese sacred lily
Chinese treewax
Chinese Turkestan
Chinese wall
Chinese water chestnut
Chinese water deer
Chinese water torture
Chinese whispers
Chinese white
Chinese windlass
Chinese wood oil

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHINESE WAX

bikini wax
bone wax
Brazilian bikini wax
carnauba wax
cobbler´s wax
earth wax
Geraldton wax
Japan wax
mineral wax
montan wax
paraffin wax
sealing wax
ski wax
vegetable wax

Synonyms and antonyms of Chinese wax in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Chinese wax» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHINESE WAX

Find out the translation of Chinese wax to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Chinese wax from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Chinese wax» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中国蜡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cera china
570 millions of speakers

English

Chinese wax
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चीनी मोम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشمع الصيني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Китайский воск
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cera chinês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চীনা মোম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la cire de Chine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lilin Cina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chinawachs
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中国のワックス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중국어 왁스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cina lilin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sáp Trung Quốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சீன மெழுகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चीनी मेण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çin balmumu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cera cinese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chiński wosk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Китайський віск
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ceara chineză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινεζική κερί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Chinese was
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kinesisk vax
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kinesisk voks
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Chinese wax

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINESE WAX»

The term «Chinese wax» is used very little and occupies the 169.977 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHINESE WAX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Chinese wax» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Chinese wax» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Chinese wax

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHINESE WAX»

Discover the use of Chinese wax in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Chinese wax and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws
The vegetable or animal origin of Chinese wax being in dispute, the benefit of the doubt thus arising should be given to the importer and the wax admitted free under paragraph 695, act of 18{>7. United States General Appraisers, New York,  ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1904
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Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, ...
Chinese wax. United States t. Wai.su. U. S. Circuit Court, Southern District of New York. October 27, 1904. Suit 3542. 1. Evidence — Doubtful Question of Fact. A doubtful question of fact affecting the classification of imported merchandise ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, 1905
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Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, and ...
GENERAL APPRAISERS. 1 1 (T. D. 25212—G. A. 5646.) Chinese wax. CiIINssE WAX—EVIDENCE—QUESTION or DOUBT. The vegetable or animal origin of Chinese wax being in dispute, the benefit of the doubt thus arising should be given ...
United States. Department of the Treasury, 1904
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Treasury Decisions
The vegetable or animal origin of Chinese wax being in dispute, the benefit of the doubt thus arising should be given to the importer and the wax admitted free under paragraph 695, act of 1897. United States General Appraisers, New York,  ...
United States. Dept. of the Treasury, United States. Customs Court, 1904
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Chinese Furniture
The wax is generally made with a combination of beeswax and Chinese wax ( secreted by the Chinese wax scale insect, Ericerus Pela). Beeswax has a unique aroma, is moisture-proof and a good insulator. White wax acts as a good sealant,  ...
Xiaoming Zhang, 2011
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Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions
Chemical Properties and Composition. — The chemical properties and composition of Chinese insect- wax have been elaborately and ably investigated by Mr. B. C. Brodie. (w) According to this chemist, the Chinese wax as it occurs in  ...
7
Wax Craft
... importation of wax into, 75, 76; wax from, 89 Chinese insect wax, 90, 105; its melting-point, 90, 105; differs from vegetable wax, 99 Chinese wax, 99; its specific gravity and melting-point, 100; its solubility, 100 Chinese wax-tree, 105 Chloride ...
T. W. Cowan, 2009
8
The Medical Times and Gazette: A Journal of Medical Science, ...
Few of these have as yet been examined ; but, from the experiment made with Chinese wax, it would appear that they are of a similar constitution, Chinese wax is a combination of a new alcohol, cerotyl-alcohol, with cerotic acid, the same acid ...
9
History of the Royal Dutch. 4
Whereas in the Indies, before artificial — paraffin- based — batik wax became popular, Javanese beeswax was used, the practice in China was to employ an animal product known as Chinese wax. This is a kind of wax secreted by an insect, ...
Frederik Carel Gerretson, 1953
10
Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest ...
Species such as barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripedi- formis), Chinese wax scale (C. sinensis), and tortoise wax scale (C. astudiformis) can occur on many different hosts, but populations are usually innocuous and rarely, if ever, threaten  ...
Steve H. Dreistadt, Mary Louise Flint, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHINESE WAX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Chinese wax is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Market outlook: Stable US paraffin wax counters upstream slide
While wax market sources have pointed out that Chinese wax can meet any supply shortfall, and US buyers continue to say wax requirements ... «ICIS, Feb 15»
2
Renowned tattoo artist Joey Pang has a three-year waiting period
“I originally asked for these words to be printed in the form of one of those old Chinese wax seals, but Joey suggested a more artistic placement ... «TODAYonline, Dec 14»
3
Border Patrol in Philadelphia intercepts insect stowaways in cargo …
They also found some Ceroplastes sinensis, or Chinese wax scales, in a shipment of persimmons on Nov. 20. “Keeping these insect pests out ... «Fox News, Dec 14»
4
Customs Intercepts Invasive Insects in Philadelphia
The Department of Agriculture released the following descriptions of the two insects, as well as a third, Ceroplastes sinensis or Chinese wax ... «Philadelphia Magazine, Dec 14»
5
Share this article on Facebook or Twitter
I read that the famous Yut Kee restaurant in Kuala Lumpur included raw sengkuang in the filling (along with Chinese wax sausage). The eggs ... «The Star Online, Aug 14»
6
N.Korea Asks Chinese Wax Museum to Make Kim Il-sung Taller
N.Korea Asks Chinese Wax Museum to Make Kim Il-sung Taller. North Korea asked a Chinese waxwork expert to make a figure of nation ... «The Chosun Ilbo, Apr 14»
7
The 60-second interview: Will Shortz, Crossword Editor for The New …
... involves real obscurities like AROA, a Venezuelan copper center, IMU, a Hawaiian baking pit, and CERE and PELA, kinds of Chinese wax. «Capital New York, Mar 14»
8
Indian government warns against Chinese fireworks for Diwali festival
"The Chinese wax candles, for example, that are selling for 50 rupees [HK$6] would take 200 rupees to make," said Babla Roy, chairman of the ... «South China Morning Post, Nov 13»
9
Spotted aliens in your garden?
Joburg gardens are prone to invasion by the following plants: bugweed (Solanum mauritianum); Chinese wax-leaved privet (Ligustrum ... «Independent Online, Oct 13»
10
Where “African” Prints Really Come From
Sylvanus suspects that West African consumers will eventually embrace these (relatively) new Chinese wax cloths in some form. Already there ... «Slate Magazine, Mar 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chinese wax [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chinese-wax>. Apr 2024 ».
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