balsam
IPA: bˈɔɫsʌm
noun
- (chiefly UK) A sweet-smelling oil or resin derived from various plants.
- (chiefly UK) A plant or tree yielding such substance.
- (chiefly UK) A soothing ointment.
- (chiefly UK, figuratively) Something soothing.
- A flowering plant of the genus Impatiens.
- The balsam family of flowering plants (Balsaminaceae), which includes Impatiens and Hydrocera.
- A balsam fir Abies balsamea.
- Canada balsam, a turpentine obtained from the resin of balsam fir.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (transitive) To treat or anoint with balsam.
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Examples of "balsam" in Sentences
- Balsam was the fourth of ten children.
- The aroma has been compared to balsam.
- It won't fix the discolouration of the balsam.
- The balsam fir is the provincial tree of New Brunswick.
- Her bass and swing are a tranquilizer balsam for the band.
- Balsam is an inventor who fixes the elevator at the castle.
- It is referred to by Culpeper and others as the 'Balsam Herb'.
- The balsam is collected from incisions made in the tree trunk.
- It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains.
- In the church is the brass of John Balsam, formerly rector here.
- Abies Englemanii, near of kin to what is often called the balsam fir.
- Nipped by the frost till the tang of their loosened balsam is keener;
- The Smith/Stearn/Smith volume lists the first but omits balsam from the vernacular list.
- The Italian word balsam means balm, something soothing, even an ointment, and that it certainly is.
- Back: Spinach and feta “börek” roll, roasted bell peppers in balsam vinegar, a babybel cheese and a chocolate frog.
- The most attractive tree I have seen is the silver spruce, Abies Englemanii, near of kin to what is often called the balsam fir.
- He then proceeds with the mass, during which the balsam is brought in, and also the oil for the chrism and that for the catechumens, by two deacons.
- The balsam is less common, generally found in marshy spots, in company with its kinsman, the tamarack, which in summer, at least, has all the appearance of an evergreen.
- The balsam is a beautiful tree; though not aspiring to the dignity of the pine and hemlock, it shoots up in the most perfect and gradual spire-like form, to a height of thirty or forty feet, remarkable for its elegance; the foliage is very rich in color and quantity.