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pastille

/pæsˈtil/

noun

Meaning

  • Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender

  • A drawing made with any of those colors.

  • A type of dried paste used to make crayons.

  • A crayon made from such a paste.

  • Woad.

    "Wool was dyed in the pastel vat."

noun

Meaning

  • A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.

noun

Meaning

  • A soft flavoured sweet/candy.

  • A 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.

  • A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.

  • A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.

  • A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.

Synonyms

lozenge