heart balm
heart balm noun: something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
Noun
heart balm (countable and uncountable, plural heart balms)
- Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
- So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 211
- A fine for a breach of promise (to marry).
Forms of heart balm
| plural | heart balms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | heart-balm |
| alternative form | heartbalm |
Origin of heart balm
From heart + balm.
Questions about heart balm
- What does heart balm mean?
- Heart balm means something that soothes a person's fears or emotions.
- What part of speech is heart balm?
- Heart balm is a noun.
- What is the plural of heart balm?
- The plural of heart balm is heart balms.
Words near heart balm in the dictionary
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