Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiger balm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: tiger balm
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A liniment containing camphor, menthol, etc., intended for pain relief.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the daytime her adult students earned their living in the market as vendors of mosquito coils, toilet paper, batteries, flashlights, tiger balms."
"Rod and Tony are having a few drinks at the Herdsman Hotel and INXS were playing a live gig that night. Although I still smell of sweat and tiger balm I join them […]"
"Deb actually felt sorry for her then, in spite of everything. But she also wanted to get out of there, away from the smells of burning rubbish and fish sauce and tiger balm; away from Luke's mum."

Etymology

Genericized trademark. From the identical Singaporean brand.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tiger balms (plural)

Questions

What does tiger balm mean?: A liniment containing camphor, menthol, etc., intended for pain relief.
Where does tiger balm come from?: Genericized trademark. From the identical Singaporean brand.

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