Ink and Wax

Ink

Ink verb - To write one's name on (as a document).

Wax and ink are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wax" instead a verb "Ink".

Nearby Words: inked, inky, inking, inker

Wax

Wax verb - To coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction.

Ink and wax are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ink" instead a verb "Wax".

Nearby Words: waxed, waxy, waxing, waxen, waxwork

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Synopsis: A folded parchment written in green ink appears, sealed by a wax coat of arms of a griffin, badger, raven, and snake.
  • When I Was Your Age... A bowl of water with a drop of ink was good enough when I was a girl." And in Wyrd Sisters her reaction to Magrat's New Age fripperies is "When I was a gel we had a lump of wax and a couple of pins and we had to be content.
  • Steam Punk Their influences (as listed on their myspace) are "exploding boilers, Bethlehem Royal Hospital and her hilarious inmates, working class revolutionaries, [and] mad bombers with ink-stained cuffs." They even released a wax cylinder edition of some of their songs.
    Source: Steam Punk
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