noun
- a liquid medicine that is rubbed on the skin to relieve pain or stiffness in muscles and joints
Examples
- The athlete applied liniment to his sore shoulder after practice.
- My grandmother always kept a bottle of liniment in her medicine cabinet.
- The doctor recommended a warming liniment for my back pain.
- She massaged the liniment into her aching muscles.
- The horse trainer used liniment on the mare’s injured leg.
- This herbal liniment contains menthol and eucalyptus oil.