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Pomatum

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. pomade.

v. To dress with pomatum.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade.

v. To dress with pomatum.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as pomade, 2.

To apply pomatum to, as the hair.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment

Word Usage

"[29] There was concocted in Gerard's day an ointment with the pulpe of Apples, and swine's grease, and rosewater, which was used to beautifie the face, and to take away the roughnesse of the skin, and which was called in the shops "pomatum," from the apples, "poma," whereof it was prepared."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hair oil hairdressing hair tonic hair grease

Hyponym

brilliantine

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pomade

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

pomade tubereuse orris wheatmeal bergamot