Pomade meaning

pō-mād', -mäd', pŏ-
A perfumed ointment, especially one used to groom the hair.
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To anoint with pomade.
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A perfumed ointment, esp. for grooming the hair.
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To apply pomade to.
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A greasy or waxy substance that is used to style hair, making it look slick and shiny.
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To use pomade to style hair.

He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.

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Origin of pomade

  • French pommade from Italian pomata from pomo apple from Late Latin pōmum pome
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • French pommade (“ointment"), from Italian pomata, from pomo (“apple"), as such ointments were originally made from apples, + -ata (“(collective)") (English -ade). Pomo is in turn from Latin pomum.
    From Wiktionary

Pomade Sentence Examples

  • This fatty substance is at first semifluid and yellow, but afterwards acquires the consistency of pomade and becomes darker.

  • pomade acne, wash your back with soap to remove the waxy build-up.

  • If one part of the hair doesn't wave into a black men's hair wave style, try making sure that the hair pomade is distributed evenly to that area and make sure that the area is brushed in the correct direction.

  • If you're not wearing a wig and your hair is short, try to style your hair so that pieces flip out with styling pomade or wax.

  • Your stylist can chop in varied chunks of layers that can be worn forward and tousled, or spiked up and defined with pomade.

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