[noun] - an oil that is obtained from particular tropical trees and used esp. to treat injuries or reduce pain, or (figurative) something that gives comfortThe firm is selling a new skin balm. [C](figurative) Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. [C](figurative) Her words were balm to me. [U]
BALM
Meaning of BALM in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012