cough drop

cough drop

See also: coughdrop

English

Alternative forms

• coughdrop

Noun

cough drop (plural cough drops)

1. a small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs

Synonyms

• throat lozenge, troche, cachou, cough sweet

Translations

tablet to stop coughs

Chinese: Mandarin: 含片 (zh) (hánpiàn), 喉片 (hóupiàn) Finnish: yskänpastilli German: Hustenbonbon m or n, Halsbonbon m or n, Eukalyptusbonbon n

Irish: losainn chasachta f Japanese: トローチ (torōchi) Russian: (please verify) табле́тка от ка́шля f (tablétka ot kášlja)