ointment
pronunciation
How to pronounce ointment in British English:
UK [ˈɔɪntmənt]
How to pronounce ointment in American English:
US [ˈɔɪntmənt]
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- Noun:
- semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
- toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
Word Origin
- ointment (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French oignement "ointment, salve, unguent," from Vulgar Latin *unguimentum, from Latin unguentum (see unguent). The first -t- emerged in Old French from oint, past participle of verb oindre "to anoint."
Example
- 1. Don 't apply ointment or medication to the eye
- 2. Elliot will not want you to apply the ointment , but you must .
- 3. The fly in the ointment - or perhaps it is more an elephant - is the long-term fiscal picture .
- 4. The study found that the rats lived about one-third longer than if the ointment had not been used . But the treatment had to be started very quickly .
- 5. For her sons : it 's sunflower seeds and papaya or " papaw " ointment popular in australia for when arpad flynn or aurelius cy " get a boo-boo . "