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CERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cerate mean?
• CERATE (noun)
The noun CERATE has 1 sense:
1. a hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
Familiarity information: CERATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cerate" is a kind of...):
balm; ointment; salve; unction; unguent (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cerate"):
camphor ice (a cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil)
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