Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wax vesta

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: wax ves-ta
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.

Example Sentences

"Suddenly I remembered that I had a tin box of wax-vestas in my pocket."
"Of their boxes of wax vestas, two were completely ruined, the heads soft from sweat."

Inflected Forms

wax vestas (plural) wax-vesta (alternative)

Questions

What does wax vesta mean?: A type of early safety match having a wax stem and a phosphorus tip.

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