bay rum

1. 1.

   an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum

   Broaderafter-shave

Questions about bay rum

What does bay rum mean?

bay rum means "an aromatic liquid originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree with rum".

Is bay rum a common word?

bay rum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.