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pomate

UK/ˈpəʊmət/US/ˈpoʊmət/

pomate noun: synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.

Noun

pomate (plural pomates)

  1. (historical, uncommon) Synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
    • Shee with no Pomate paints her Face...1625, Alexander Garden, Characters and Essays, page 47
    Synonyms:
    ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair
  2. (Scotland) Synonym of pomade, a kind of thick waxy hair product used as a styling gel.
    • Patient he sits, while Master Puff, with pomate, tongs, and powder-pluff... gives each hair its proper station...1774, Archibald Bruce, The Kirkiad..., Canto I, 18
    Synonyms:
    pomade

Verb

pomate (third-person singular simple present pomates, present participle pomating, simple past and past participle pomated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym of anoint: to apply ointment.
    Synonyms:
    anoint
  2. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym of pomade: to apply pomade.
    Synonyms:
    pomade
  3. (obsolete, transitive) Synonym of mash: to crush into a paste.
    Synonyms:
    mash

pomate meaning in Bengali

pomate in Bengali

মলমের সমার্থক, পোমেডের সমার্থক

Synonyms of pomate

Forms of pomate

Noun
pluralpomates
Verb
third-person singular presentpomates
present participlepomating
past participlepomated
pastpomated

Origin of pomate

From Medieval Latin pomatum (“cider, ointment”) either directly or via slightly earlier English pomatum, from Latin pōmum (“fruit, apple”) + -ātum (“-ate: forming nouns”). Doublet of pomatum, pomade, and pomace.

Questions about pomate

What does pomate mean?
Pomate means synonym of ointment, particularly thick waxy ointments scented with fruit used to beautify the skin or hair.
What is pomate in Bengali?
Pomate in Bengali is মলমের সমার্থক, পোমেডের সমার্থক. See Pomate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pomate?
Pomate can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pomate?
Pomate is pronounced /ˈpoʊmət/ (US).
What is the plural of pomate?
The plural of pomate is pomates.

Words near pomate in the dictionary

  1. pomarines
  2. pomarium
  3. pomarrosa
  4. pomarrosas
  5. Pomas
  6. pomate
  7. pomated
  8. pomates
  9. Pomathorn
  10. pomatiasid
  11. pomatiasids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pomate (page history and authors); pomate (Bengali 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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