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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn [syn: sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1972 a preparation (as a lotion) applied to the skin to prevent sunburn (as by physically blocking out ultraviolet radiation); also its active ingredient (as titanium dioxide) — compare sunscreen

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a cream or lotion for protecting the skin from the sun.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sunblocks) Sunblock is a cream which you put on your skin to protect it completely from the sun. N-MASS