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tiger balm

tiger balm noun: a liniment containing camphor, menthol, etc., intended for pain relief.

Noun

tiger balm (countable and uncountable, plural tiger balms)

  1. A liniment containing camphor, menthol, etc., intended for pain relief.
    • 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
    • Rod and Tony are having a few drinks at the Herdsman Hotel and INXS were playing a live gig that night. Although I still smell of sweat and tiger balm I join them […]2012, Noel Watson, Bolters and Coolers: Tales of a Bouncer, Bodyguard and Cook

Forms of tiger balm

pluraltiger balms

Origin of tiger balm

Genericized trademark. From the identical Singaporean brand.

Questions about tiger balm

What does tiger balm mean?
Tiger balm means a liniment containing camphor, menthol, etc., intended for pain relief.
What part of speech is tiger balm?
Tiger balm is a noun.
What is the plural of tiger balm?
The plural of tiger balm is tiger balms.

Words near tiger balm in the dictionary

  1. tigelle
  2. tigelles
  3. tigellus
  4. tigemonam
  5. tiger
  6. tiger balm
  7. tiger balms
  8. tiger barb
  9. tiger barbs
  10. tiger bee fly
  11. tiger beetle

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