Usually means: Small, flavored tablet; soothes throat.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastille: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pastille: Merriam-Webster
  3. pastille: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pastille: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pastille: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pastille: Vocabulary.com
  7. pastille: Wordnik
  8. pastille: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pastille: Wiktionary
  10. pastille: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pastille: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pastille: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pastille: Dictionary.com
  14. Pastille: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pastille: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pastille: Rhymezone
  17. Pastille: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. pastille: FreeDictionary.org
  19. pastille: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. pastille: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. pastille: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pastille: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. pastille: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  4. pastille: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PASTILLE: Acronym Finder
  2. pastille: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet.
noun:  Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
noun:  (specifically, historical) A small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate.
noun:  (pharmacy)
noun:  (historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.
noun:  A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
noun:  (obsolete, art) Nonstandard spelling of pastel (“crayon made from a type of dried paste; drawing made using such crayons”). [Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.]

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