- a smooth substance that you rub on your skin to make a wound or painful place get better or stop hurting synonym cream
- antiseptic ointment
- He put some ointment on the cut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of ointment- tube
- apply
- put on
- rub on
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of Old French oignement, from a popular Latin form of Latin unguentum, from unguere ‘anoint’; influenced by obsolete oint ‘anoint’ (from Old French, past participle of oindre ‘anoint’).Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See ointment in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarya/the fly in the ointment
- a person or thing that makes a situation or an occasion less pleasant, successful, etc.
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