Pomade

Noun

 * 1) A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.

Verb

 * 1) To use pomade to style hair.
 * He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.

Thesaurus
anoint, balm, balsam, beeswax, brilliantine, chrism, cold cream, collyrium, cream, daub, demulcent, dress, embrocate, embrocation, emollient, eye-lotion, eyewash, face cream, glycerolate, grease, grease the wheels, hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, lanolin, lard, lenitive, lotion, lubricate, nard, oil, ointment, pomatum, salve, slick, slick on, smear, smooth the way, soap the ways, soothing syrup, spikenard, unction, unguent, unguentum, wax

Etymology
pommade:, from pomata:, from pomo:, as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata: (English -ade:). Pomo is in turn from pomum:.

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Anagrams

 * apedom