Fragrance

//ˈfɹeɪɡɹən(t)s// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    a distinctive odor that is pleasant wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To apply a fragrance to; to perfume. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.

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