balm
IPA: bˈɑm
noun
- Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
- A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- Any soothing oil or lotion, especially an aromatic one.
- (figuratively) Something soothing.
- The lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
- Any of a number of other aromatic herbs with a similar citrus-like scent, such as bee balm and horsebalm.
verb
- (transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
- (transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.
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Examples of "balm" in Sentences
- The lip balm was actually made out of earwax.
- Lip balm is the main thing I could not live without!
- It is the company responsible for Tiger Balm ointment.
- He is best known as the original inventor of Tiger Balm.
- Brad's praise of Durova is meant to balm some of that sting.
- It is mature and sincerely wrought, and a balm to the senses.
- I have reinstated lemon balm in the herbs list on this template.
- Bombastic humor being the balm to move past a pretty nasty period.
- All that is left in the jar is a chrysalis that works as a healing balm.
- At this time the area was known as Balm Green and was on the edge of the town.
- Skunk oil was used by the Native Americans as a healing balm or as a liniment.
- All it is a balm from the relentless assault of cliched grimness we endure in SciFi.
- But there was no indication that the move would be more than a short-term balm for the crisis engulfing the Eurozone.
- The goal of this lip balm is to make a fun, springtime moisturizing lip product in a matching suite with soap and lotion.
- The lip balm is quite tasty and leaves a little zing on the lips because of the mint that MPG's have added to the straight chocolate lip balm.
- For the uninitiated: some kinds of lip gloss/balm is supposed to be “addictive” in a sense, particularly those that make the lips feel cool and tingly.
- But herbs, like thyme, rosemary, sage, Melissa (Melissa officinalis) also known as lemon balm, bee balm, is just beautiful to have outside the back door.
- This wax free moisturizing balm is made with medical grade lanolin and a unique blend of moisturizers that promises to be a step above the rest.www. lanolip.com
- I can easily tell a commercial lip balm from a homemade one because the commercial ones nearly always have some sort of sweetener added and homemade ones usually don't.