Definition of "pastille" in English

noun

1. An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet.

2. Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.

3. A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.

4. A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.

verb

1. (transitive) To make into a pastille.

noun

1. (obsolete, art) Nonstandard spelling of pastel (“a crayon made from a type of dried paste; a drawing made using such crayons”).