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Plural of balm

regular plural

The plural of balm is balms.

Forms of balm

Singularbalm /bɑːm/
Pluralbalms
Countablecountable and uncountable

Balms in a sentence

  • Though twilight balms the west, my fears see something brutal in that nightward star.2007, Wayne Clifford, The Exile's Papers, page 94. From the entry nightward
  • The wounds and balms of the human condition are so commonplace that men eventually experience them without noticing.1970 May 18, “Alive and Well”, in Time. From the entry human condition
  • Consequently, there is a swell of hair care regimens, including serums, gels, balms, creams and sprays promising moisture-rich curls, without frizz or flyaways.2007 January 18, Marcelle S. Fischler, “Taming Frizz and Setting Curls Free”, in New York Times. From the entry flyaway
  • In the daytime her adult students earned their living in the market as vendors of mosquito coils, toilet paper, batteries, flashlights, tiger balms.2000, T. C. Huo, Land of Smiles, page 24. From the entry tiger balm

Meaning of balm

  1. noun Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
  2. noun An aromatic preparation for embalming the dead.
  3. noun A plant or tree yielding such substance.

Full definition of balm

Questions about the plural of balm

What is the plural of balm?
The plural of balm is balms.
Is balm countable?
Balm is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balm (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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