Ointment

Noun

 * 1)  a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. (compare with cream)

Synonyms

 * salve
 * unguent

Related terms

 * anoint

Derived terms

 * fly in the ointment

Verbs for Ointment
absorb—; advocate—; apply—; assimilate '—; dose with—; dress with—; plaster—on; prepare—;  smear—on;  —assuages;  — cleanses; —corrects; — draws; —eases; — palliates;  —relieves;   —remedies;  —restores; —salves; —soothes.

Thesaurus
balm, balsam, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, brilliantine, bucks, cabbage, cerate, chips, chrism, chrismal, chrismation, chrismatory, chrisom, cold cream, collyrium, cream, demulcent, dinero, dough, dressing, embrocation, emollient, extreme unction, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream, gelt, gilt, grease, green, green stuff, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, jack, kale, lanolin, last rites, lenitive, liniment, lotion, mazuma, moolah, mopus, nard, oil, oil of palms, oof, ooftish, petrolatum, pomade, pomatum, rhino, rocks, sacramental anointment, sacred unction, salve, shekels, simoleons, soothing syrup, spikenard, spondulics, sugar, the needful, tin, unction, unguent, unguentum, viaticum, vulnerary, wampum

Etymology
A later form (as if oint + -ment) of oinement: < oignement: < oigner:, oindre:, ongier: <  unguere:, ungere:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: salf
 * Albanian: pomadë
 * Arabic: مرهم, دهون
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 * Mandarin:, 软膏,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: n
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 * Dutch:, smeersel
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 * Korean: 연고
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: tepalas
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 * Serbian: melem
 * Telugu: లేపనము
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: bom mát