CERATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hard medicated paste made of lard or oil mixed with wax or resin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cerate" is a kind of...):

balm; ointment; salve; unction; unguent (semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cerate"):

camphor ice (a cerate made of camphor and wax and spermaceti and castor oil)

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