ointment
noun /ˈɔɪntmənt/
/ˈɔɪntmənt/
[uncountable, countable]Idioms - a smooth substance that you rub on your skin to make a wound or painful place get better or stop hurting synonym cream
- antiseptic ointment
- He put some ointment on the cut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of ointment- tube
- apply
- put on
- rub on
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration of Old French oignement, from a popular Latin form of Latin unguentum, from unguere ‘anoint’; influenced by obsolete oint ‘anoint’ (from Old French, past participle of oindre ‘anoint’).
Idioms
a/the fly in the ointment
- a person or thing that makes a situation or an occasion less pleasant, successful, etc.