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LINIMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liniment mean?
• LINIMENT (noun)
The noun LINIMENT has 1 sense:
1. a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
Familiarity information: LINIMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
embrocation; liniment
Hypernyms ("liniment" is a kind of...):
application; lotion (liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin)
Context examples
Barkis will be so glad, said Peggotty, wiping her eyes with her apron, that it'll do him more good than pints of liniment.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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