balsamarium
UK/ˌbɔːl.səˈmɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌbɔl.səˈmɛɹi.əm/
balsamarium noun: an ancient vessel for holding balsam.
Noun
balsamarium (plural balsamariums or balsamaria)
- An ancient vessel for holding balsam.
- Ms. Wight said that as recently as May the museum bought an important late Hellenistic or early Roman bronze balsamarium, or oil vessel, in the shape of a boxer’s head from a private collection in the United States that has documentation stretching back to the 1870s.2007 June 26, Randy Kennedy, “Collecting Antiquities, Cautiously, at the Getty”, in New York Times
Forms of balsamarium
| plural | balsamariums |
|---|---|
| plural | balsamaria |
Origin of balsamarium
From balsam + -arium.
Words that rhyme with balsamarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- caldarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
- leprosarium
Questions about balsamarium
- What does balsamarium mean?
- Balsamarium means an ancient vessel for holding balsam.
- What part of speech is balsamarium?
- Balsamarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce balsamarium?
- Balsamarium is pronounced /ˌbɔːl.səˈmɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of balsamarium?
- The plural of balsamarium is balsamariums.
Words near balsamarium in the dictionary
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