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liniment

/ˈlɪnəmənt/

liniment noun: a topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.

Noun

liniment (countable and uncountable, plural liniments)

  1. A topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
    • Denton (Dan Duryea): You're a peddler, aren't you? / Henry J. Fate (Malcolm Atterbury): Oh yes, dealer in everything. Utensils, herbs, medicine, liniments and tonics, farm implements, clothing, and potions.1959, “Mr. Denton on Doomsday” (16:29 from the start), in The Twilight Zone, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Henry J. Fate (Malcolm Atterbury)
    • He had a blanket across his withers and wore four bandages, the two front ones up over his knees. The odor of liniment was strong. The horse dragged his feet laboriously.1975 September 5, Red Smith, quoting Phil Bieber, “Lyin’ Fitz, the Beautiful Dreamer”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Verb

liniment (third-person singular simple present liniments, present participle linimenting, simple past and past participle linimented)

  1. (transitive) To apply liniment to.

liniment meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

liniment in Hindi

topical medical preparation
उबटन ubṭan, लेप lep

liniment in Tamil

தேய்ப்புத் தைலவகை, மருந்துப் பூச்சு, தைலம்

liniment in Urdu

مرہم, تلہ

liniment in Malayalam

പേശിവേദനയകറ്റുന്ന തൈലം, കുഴമ്പ്
More languagesFewer languages
liniment in Kannada
ನೋವಿನೆಣ್ಣೆ
liniment in Arabic
دَلُوك dalūk

Forms of liniment

Noun
pluralliniments
Verb
third-person singular presentliniments
present participlelinimenting
past participlelinimented
pastlinimented

Origin of liniment

From Middle English lynyment (“something used for smearing or anointing”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin linīmentum.

Questions about liniment

What does liniment mean?
Liniment means a topical medical preparation intended to be rubbed into the skin with friction, as for example to relieve symptoms of arthritis.
What is liniment in Hindi?
Liniment in Hindi is उबटन (ubṭan), लेप (lep). See Liniment meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is liniment?
Liniment can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce liniment?
Liniment is pronounced /ˈlɪnəmənt/.
What is the plural of liniment?
The plural of liniment is liniments.

Words near liniment in the dictionary

  1. linhay
  2. linhays
  3. Linhe
  4. linicolous
  5. linifanib
  6. liniment
  7. linimented
  8. linimenting
  9. liniments
  10. linin
  11. linin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liniment (page history and authors); liniment (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liniment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liniment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); liniment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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