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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A shop selling perfumes. countable

   "These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous."

2. 2
   the art of making perfumes wordnet
3. 3
   A factory where perfume is made. countable
4. 4
   an establishment where perfumes are made wordnet
5. 5
   The manufacture of perfume. uncountable

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6. 6
   store where perfumes are sold wordnet
7. 7
   perfumes in general wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ambergrisambrosiaattarbalmbalsamessence

Example

More examples

"The rose is one of the first sent to be used in perfumery."

Etymology

From perfume + -ery.

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