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lost wax meaning
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Definition of
lost wax
in English Dictionary
Noun
A
method
of
casting
a
sculpture
in which a
model
of the
sculpture
is
made
from
wax
; the
model
is
used to
make
a
mould
; when the
mould
has
set
, the
wax
is
made to
melt
and is
poured
away
,
leaving
the
mould
ready
to be
used to
cast
the
sculpture
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Singularia tantum
Uncountable nouns
Source:
Wiktionary
Meaning of
lost wax
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this idiom "lost wax" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
singularia tantum
.
Definiteness: Level 1
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Definite ➨ Versatile