Usually means: Topical medication for skin application.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. ointment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ointment: Merriam-Webster
  3. ointment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ointment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ointment: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ointment: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ointment, ointment: Wordnik
  8. ointment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ointment: Wiktionary
  10. ointment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ointment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ointment: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ointment, ointment: Dictionary.com
  14. ointment: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ointment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ointment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ointment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ointment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ointment: Rhymezone
  20. ointment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ointment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Ointment: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. ointment: FreeDictionary.org
  24. ointment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. ointment: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ointment: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ointment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ointment: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ointment: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. ointment: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. ointment: Medical dictionary
  7. Ointment: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ointment: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ointment: Easton Bible
  2. Ointment: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ointment: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ointment: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ointment: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See ointments as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
noun:  A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

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