Balsamarium
//ˌbɔːl.səˈmɛəɹi.əm// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ancient vessel for holding balsam.
"Ms. Wight said that as recently as May the museum bought an important late Hellenistic or early Roman bronze balsamarium, or oil vessel, in the shape of a boxer’s head from a private collection in the United States that has documentation stretching back to the 1870s."
Example
More examples"Ms. Wight said that as recently as May the museum bought an important late Hellenistic or early Roman bronze balsamarium, or oil vessel, in the shape of a boxer’s head from a private collection in the United States that has documentation stretching back to the 1870s."
Etymology
From balsam + -arium.
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