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lozenge - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lozenge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lozenge [ n.]
- A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
- A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
- A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
- Anything in the form of lozenge.
- A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.