balm meaning

• Noun: balm  baam
  1. Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing 
  2. Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
     - ointment, unction, unguent, salve

  Derived forms: balms

  See also: balmy

  Type of: balsam, curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic

  Encyclopedia: Balm, FL Balm Balm, Florida Balm, Switzerland Balm, Solothurn

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  [British slang]
  Noun. A bread bun or roll. Common mispelling of barm. Cf. 'barmcake'.
  
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  [Medicine]
  n
  1 : a balsamic resin; esp : one from small tropical evergreen trees (genus Commiphora of the family Burseraceae)
  2 : an aromatic preparation (as a healing ointment)
  3 : a soothing restorative agency
  
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  [Computer]
  <language> (Block And List Manipulation) An extensible language, developed by Malcolm Harrison in 1970, with LISP-like features and ALGOL-like syntax, for CDC 6600.

• balm of gilead:    Noun: balm of Gile ...
• balm-cricket:     /bäm-krikˈit/ (Te ...
• basil balm:    Noun: basil balm&n ...

Examples

1. your letter has been a balm to me.
2. i suffer a malady that no balm can cure!
3. it was like a balm to me.
4. this gave him no balm.
5. mr. whitelaw's benevolence would descend like soothing balm.