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# calamine

«calamine» in Mova's school dictionary: **A pink powder made from zinc oxide with a little iron…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (calamine, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pink powder made from zinc oxide with a little iron oxide, used in a lotion to soothe itchy or sore skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#m1)

2) (old, science) An old name for zinc ores. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health, calamine lotion is put on itchy chickenpox spots, insect bites, nettle stings and mild sunburn. It dries into a pink, chalky layer.

### examples

- Mum dabbed calamine lotion on my chickenpox spots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#x1)
- Calamine helps stop nettle stings itching. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#x2)
- The calamine left pink patches all over my legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#x3)
- Keep calamine lotion in the first-aid kit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#x4)
- Shake the calamine bottle before you use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/#x5)

### note

Uncountable; usually in «calamine lotion». For outside use only, never drink it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «calamine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/calamine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.