balm
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Is balm a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of balm?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) Something soothing.Examples: "Classical music is a sweet balm for our sorrows."; "BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]"Synonyms: balsamcountablefigurativelyuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.Examples: "Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!"archaictransitive
2. (transitive, figurative) To soothe; to mitigate.Examples: "This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinews"figurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary