Definition of "pomades" []

• Plural form of pomade. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pomade. (verb)

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• "Avoid the use of products such as pomades and perfumed hair ointment that could promote the growth of fungi."
• "Mr. Knoll always picks pomades or waxes that have "medium texture," he says."
• "So high was the hair piled in these portraits that wire frames are thought to have been used as a kind of scaffolding around which to mould the locks.60 Dyes and pomades were used to add tint, sheen, and hold, the effect of which is now lost to us since ancient marble portraits long ago were stripped of paint that might have given an idea of the colors used."