Fragrance
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A pleasant smell or odour. countable, uncountable
"You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf."
- 2 a pleasingly sweet olfactory property wordnet
- 3 A perfume. countable, uncountable
"Today, sales of women's fragrances are double those of men's, and 80 percent of all men's after-shaves and colognes are in fact bought by women, as gifts."
- 4 a distinctive odor that is pleasant wordnet
- 1 To apply a fragrance to; to perfume. transitive
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More examples"This flower gives off a strong fragrance."
Etymology
Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.
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