heart balms
heart balms is the plural of heart balm.
Meaning of heart balm
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).
Questions about heart balms
- What is heart balms the plural of?
- Heart balms is the plural of heart balm.
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