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How to pronounce wax in American English
“wax” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to wax the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “wax” in: all accents · British English (102 clips)
“wax” in real sentences — American speakers
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Paraffin is like candle wax.
NIH
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places including the Norwegian ski wax ski waxers who helped the ski wax team I mean
CDC
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we can look through a glass wax cell so half of the cell is wax half
USDA
Words that sound like “wax”
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Other forms of “wax”
Why real speech
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