laxative - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - lawmaker
  - lawman
  - lawn
  - lawn bowling
  - lawn tennis
  - lawnmower
  - lawrencium
  - lawsuit
  - lawyer
  - lax
  - laxative
  - lay
  - lay brother
  - lay figure
  - lay reader
  - lay-by
  - layabout
  - layaway
  - layer
  - layer cake
  - layer-out
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

laxative

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laxative/ˈlaksətɪv/

▶adjective tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels. ▶noun a laxative drug or medicine.

– origin ME: via OFr. laxatif, -ive or late L. laxativus, from L. laxare ‘loosen’.

'laxative' also found in these Oxford entries:

aloe - dose - Glauber's salt - glycerol - lenitive - liquid paraffin - magnesia - manna - Milk of Magnesia - psyllium - purgative - purge - Seidlitz powder - senna

Forum discussions with the word(s) "laxative" in the title:

No titles with the word(s) "laxative".

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "laxative" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "laxative" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.