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salve

noun

/sælv/

Meaning

An ointment used to promote healing of the skin or as protection.

She applied a salve to the burn on her hand.

a salve for the soul

ointment, balm, cream, lotion

irritant, poison

healing salve, soothing salve, herbal salve, medicated salve

a religious discourse delivered as part of a church service; a tedious moralizing lecture

A person who makes maps.

A severe flood; an overwhelming quantity of something.

A substance that takes part in and undergoes change during a chemical reaction.

A building or other object constructed from several parts; the arrangement of and relations between...

a substance that makes something unclean; earth or soil; unclean matter