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(lɒzɪndʒ)

Word forms: plural lozenges

1. countable noun

Lozenges are sweets which you can suck to make a cough or sore throat better.

...throat lozenges.

2. countable noun

A lozenge is a shape with four corners. The two corners that point up and down are further away than the two pointing sideways.

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lozenge in British English

(ˈlɒzɪndʒ)

noun

1. Also called: pastille, troche medicine

a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved

2. geometry another name for rhombus

3. heraldry

a diamond-shaped charge

Word origin

C14: from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone

lozenge in American English

(ˈlɑzəndʒ)

noun

a plane figure with four equal sides and two obtuse angles; diamond

a cough drop or small piece of hard candy, at one time made in a diamond shape

Word origin

ME losenge < OFr, prob. < Gaul *lausa, stone slab: from the shape

lozenge in the Pharmaceutical Industry

(lɒzɪndʒ)

Word forms: (regular plural) lozenges

noun

(Pharmaceutical: Dosage forms)

A lozenge is a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved.

Place the lozenge on your tongue and let it dissolve.

Sucking a lozenge as it dissolves causes more saliva to be produced in the mouth.

A lozenge is a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved.

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He tipped a lozenge of ash into a little china dish on the dressing-table.A painful lump of sadness lodged in my throat, like a lozenge that wouldn't dissolve.Even if Clyde had been wearing gloves, he'd have had to take them off to get at the lozenge.

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heraldry

(noun) in the sense of tablet

Definition

a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved

throat lozenges

Synonyms

tablet

It's not a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.

pastille

a medicated pastille

troche

cough drop

jujube

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pastille

Definition

a small fruit-flavoured and sometimes medicated sweet

a medicated pastille

Synonyms

lozenge,

tablet,

troche,

cough drop,

jujube

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loyalty
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LP
lubberly
lubricant

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释义	Trends of lozenge View usage for: lozenge (lɒzɪndʒ) Word forms: plural lozenges 1. countable noun Lozenges are sweets which you can suck to make a cough or sore throat better. ...throat lozenges. 2. countable noun A lozenge is a shape with four corners. The two corners that point up and down are further away than the two pointing sideways. More Synonyms of lozenge lozenge in British English (ˈlɒzɪndʒ) noun 1. Also called: pastille, troche medicine a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved 2. geometry another name for rhombus 3. heraldry a diamond-shaped charge Word origin C14: from Old French losange, of Gaulish origin; compare Vulgar Latin lausa flat stone lozenge in American English (ˈlɑzəndʒ) noun 1. a plane figure with four equal sides and two obtuse angles; diamond 2. a cough drop or small piece of hard candy, at one time made in a diamond shape Word origin ME losenge < OFr, prob. < Gaul lausa, stone slab: from the shape lozenge in the Pharmaceutical Industry (lɒzɪndʒ) Word forms:* (regular plural) lozenges noun (Pharmaceutical: Dosage forms) A lozenge is a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved. Place the lozenge on your tongue and let it dissolve. Sucking a lozenge as it dissolves causes more saliva to be produced in the mouth. A lozenge is a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved. Image of lozenge © Fahroni, Shutterstock Examples of 'lozenge' in a sentence lozenge He tipped a lozenge of ash into a little china dish on the dressing-table. Fraser, Anthea PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (2002) A painful lump of sadness lodged in my throat, like a lozenge that wouldn't dissolve. Pickard, Nancy NO BODY (2002) Even if Clyde had been wearing gloves, he'd have had to take them off to get at the lozenge. Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002) Word lists with lozenge heraldry (noun) in the sense of tablet Definition a medicated tablet held in the mouth until it has dissolved throat lozenges Synonyms tablet It's not a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly. pastille a medicated pastille troche cough drop jujube Additional synonyms in the sense of pastille Definition a small fruit-flavoured and sometimes medicated sweet a medicated pastille Synonyms lozenge, tablet, troche, cough drop, jujube Nearby words of lozenge lowly loyal loyalty lozenge LP lubberly lubricant Synonyms of 'lozenge' lozenge Explore 'lozenge' in the dictionary
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