NOUN | food | lozenge | a small aromatic or medicated candy |
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artifact | lozenge, pill, tablet, tab | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
Sounds | lao'zahnjh | |
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Rhymes | challenge ... sponge: 10 rhymes with ahnjh... |
Meaning | A small aromatic or medicated candy. | |
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Narrower | cachou | A scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco) |
cough drop, troche, pastille, pastil | A medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat | |
Broader | candy, confect | A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts |
Spanish | gragea, losange, pastilla | |
Catalan | losange, pastilla |
Meaning | A dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet. | |
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Synonyms | pill, tablet, tab | |
Narrower | bolus | A large pill |
capsule | A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | |
dragee | pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | |
sleeping pill, sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught | A soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) | |
Broader | dose, dosage | A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time |
Spanish | comprimido, gragea, pastilla, píldora, tableta | |
Catalan | pastilla, píndola, tableta, tauleta |
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