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Definition of fragrance noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fragrance

noun
 
/ˈfreɪɡrəns/
 
/ˈfreɪɡrəns/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a pleasant smell
    • The bath oil comes in various fragrances.
    • The flowers are chosen for their delicate fragrance.
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    • The fragrance of lavender filled the room.
    • This perfume has a light, fresh fragrance.
    • fruits full of exquisite fragrance and flavour
    • The fragrance of wood smoke drifted through the village.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • pleasant
    • sweet
    verb + fragrance
    • have
    • smell
    fragrance + verb
    • fill something
    phrases
    • full of fragrance
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  2. [countable] a liquid that you put on your skin in order to make yourself smell nice synonym perfume, scent (3)
    • an exciting new fragrance from Dior
    • They are about to launch their first fragrance for men.
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  3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin fragrantia, from fragrare ‘smell sweet’.
See fragrance in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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