Word
Astringent
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
as-trin-gent
Definition
- a. - Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --
opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent
taste; astringent fruit.
- a. - Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
- n. - A medicine or other substance that produces contraction
in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus,
etc.
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