Definition of lozenge Lozenge

/lɔˈzʌnʤ/ - [lozunj] - loz•enge

We found 13 definitions of lozenge from 7 different sources.

What does lozenge mean?

Noun Plural: lozenges
lozenge - a small aromatic or medicated candy
		candy, confect a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
		cachou a scented lozenge used to sweeten the breath (e.g. to conceal the odor of tobacco)
lozenge - a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
		pill, tablet, tab
		dosage, dose a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
		bolus a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
		capsule a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
		dragee pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy

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lozenge (Noun)
A quadrilateral with sides of equal length rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.
lozenge (Noun)
A small tablet originally diamond-shaped or medicated sweet used to ease a.

lozenge (n.)
A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
lozenge (n.)
A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
lozenge (n.)
A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
lozenge (n.)
Anything in the form of lozenge.
lozenge (n.)
A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.

lozenge
A quadrilateral with sides of equal length, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

lozenge
In heraldry, a charge generally enumerated among the sub-ordinaries, in the shape of a rhombus placed with the acute angles at top and bottom. The horizontal diameter must be at least equal to the sides, otherwise it is not a lozenge, but a fusil. The term lozengy is applied to a field divided by diagonal lines crossing one another at regular intervals, so as to form a diamond pattern, the compartments being of alternate tinctures.