'Waxwork' definitions:
Definition of 'waxwork'
(from WordNet)
noun
Twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [syn: bittersweet, American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork, shrubby bittersweet, Celastrus scandens]
noun
An effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax [syn: waxwork, wax figure]
Definition of 'Waxwork'
From: GCIDE
- Waxwork \Wax"work`\, n.
- 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waxwork'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bust,
- carving,
- doll,
- dolly,
- dummy,
- fantoccini,
- figure,
- figurehead,
- figurine,
- gingerbread man,
- lay figure,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mannequin,
- marionette,
- model,
- monument,
- portrait bust,
- puppet,
- scarecrow,
- sculpture,
- snowman,
- statuary,
- statue,
- statuette,
- wax figure,
- wood carving