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Pastille

noun
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAny of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
2.nounA drawing made with any of those colors.
3.nounA type of dried paste used to make crayons.
4.nounA crayon made from such a paste.
5.nounWoad.
"Wool was dyed in the pastel vat."
6.nounA traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
7.nounA soft flavoured sweet/candy.
8.nounA medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
9.nounA small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
10.nounA small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
11.nounA paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.

Synonyms

lozengetrochecough droppastilcandysugar-plumlollipopcordialsourballnonpareilpastilasweet
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