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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

밀랍

Pronunciation / Transliteration: millap

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beeswax/ˈbiːz.wæks/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"천연 밀랍으로 만든 초는 그릴 때 향이 좋습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A yellow-to-brownish wax secreted by honeybees to build their honeycombs, widely used in making candles, polishes, and cosmetics.

    "She used natural beeswax to polish the antique wooden table."
  2. 2

    Chiefly in colloquial phrases, one's own business or personal affairs.

    "Mind your own beeswax and let me handle my own schedule."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word is a compound of the Old English 'bēo' (bee) and 'weax' (wax), tracing back to Proto-Germanic roots. Historically documented since before the 12th century, it originally referred strictly to the natural secretion produced by honeybees used to construct honeycomb, later expanding metaphorically and technically into various manufacturing and sealing uses.

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