poultice

poultice is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.
2. transitive verb. To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
3. noun. a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.

   Synonyms: cataplasm, plaster

4. verb. dress by covering with a therapeutic substance

   Synonyms: plaster

Synonyms

cataplasm, plaster

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in poultice:

epulotic

Common word forms

poulticed, poultices, poulticing

Words from these letters

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