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What (who) is lozenge - definition
Lozenge
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Lozenges; Losange; Losange (disambiguation); Lozenge (disambiguation)
·noun Anything in the form of lozenge.
II. Lozenge ·noun A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
III. Lozenge ·noun A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
IV. Lozenge ·noun A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated.
- originally in the form of a lozenge.
V. Lozenge ·noun A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. ·cf. Fusil.
lozenge
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lozenges; Losange; Losange (disambiguation); Lozenge (disambiguation)
(lozenges)
1.
Lozenges are sweets which you can suck to make a cough or sore throat better.
...throat lozenges.
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2.
A lozenge is a shape with four corners. The two corners that point up and down are further away than the two pointing sideways.
= diamond
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lozenge
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Lozenges; Losange; Losange (disambiguation); Lozenge (disambiguation)
['l?z?n(d)?]
¦ noun
1. a rhombus or diamond shape.
Heraldry a charge in the shape of a solid diamond.
2. a small medicinal tablet, originally diamond-shaped, for dissolving in the mouth.
Origin
ME: from OFr. losenge, prob. derived from the base of Sp. losa, Port. lousa 'slab', late L. lausiae (lapides) 'stone slabs'.
Examples of use of lozenge
1. A tiny, lozenge–shaped nugget, it holds much more information than floppies did.
2. The OTC nicotine chewing gum and lozenge market is estimated at about $750 million annually.
3. "I‘ve been talking all the time; can I get a throat lozenge?" Clinton said in South Bend as she began coughing and briefly lost her voice.
4. Over coffee and a throat lozenge, he sits on the bus with some of the same reporters who rode along in 2000 when he upset George W.
5. The idea was to focus on one central area – the "lozenge" they called it, up the Helmand river valley from the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah to Gereshk.