mineral wax

1. 1.

   a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles

   Synonymsader waxearth waxozokeriteozocerite

   Broadermineral

Questions about mineral wax

What does mineral wax mean?

mineral wax means "a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles".

What is another word for mineral wax?

Close synonyms include ader wax, earth wax, ozokerite, ozocerite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mineral wax a common word?

mineral wax is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.