pomade, pomatum
(noun) hairdressing consisting of a perfumed oil or ointment
pomade
(verb) apply pomade to (hair)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pomade (countable and uncountable, plural pomades)
A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
(obsolete) Any medicinal ointment.
pomade (third-person singular simple present pomades, present participle pomading, simple past and past participle pomaded)
(transitive) To anoint with pomade; to use pomade to style (hair).
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Source: Wiktionary
Po*made", n. Etym: [F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum.]
1. Cider. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum;
– originally made from apples.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
