A pastille is a small, round sweet or piece of candy that has a fruit flavour. Some pastilles contain medicine and you can suck them if you have a sore throat or a cough.
Synonyms: lozenge, tablet, troche [medicine], cough drop More Synonyms of pastille
pastille in British English
or pastil (ˈpæstɪl)
noun
1.
a small flavoured or medicated lozenge for chewing
2.
an aromatic substance burnt to fumigate the air
3. medicine
a small coated paper disc formerly used to estimate the dose or intensity of radiation (esp of X-rays): it changes colour when exposed
4. a variant of pastel (sense 1)
Word origin
C17: via French from Latin pastillus small loaf, from pānis bread
pastille in American English
(pæsˈtil)
noun
1.
a small tablet or lozenge containing medicine, flavoring, etc.
2.
a pellet of aromatic paste, burned for fumigating or deodorizing
3.
pastel for crayons
4.
a crayon of pastel
Also ˈpastil (ˈpæstɪl)
Word origin
Fr < L pastillus, little roll, lozenge < base of pascere, to feed: see food
Synonyms of 'pastille'
lozenge, tablet, troche, cough drop
More Synonyms of pastille
(noun)
Definition
a small fruit-flavoured and sometimes medicated sweet
a medicated pastille
Synonyms
lozenge
throat lozenges
tablet
It's not a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.
troche (medicine)
cough drop
jujube
Additional synonyms
in the sense of tablet
Definition
a pill consisting of a compressed medicinal substance
It's not a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.