noun
- a small lozenge or tablet, especially one containing medicine or used for flavoring the breath
- a small cone of aromatic paste burned as incense or for fumigation
Examples
- She sucked on a mint pastil to freshen her breath.
- The doctor recommended throat pastils for his sore throat.
- The herbal pastils helped soothe her cough.
- They burned aromatic pastils to perfume the room.
- The ancient temple used pastils during religious ceremonies.
- He kept cough pastils in his desk drawer at work.