perfume
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
perfumes
plural
perfumes
Britannica Dictionary definition of PERFUME
1
:
a liquid substance that you put on your body in small amounts in order to smell pleasant
[noncount]
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Are you wearing perfume?
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a bottle of perfume
[count]
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She smelled the different perfumes at the store.
2
[count]
:
a pleasant smell
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The perfume [=fragrance, scent] of lilies filled the room.
perfumes;
perfumed;
perfuming
perfumes;
perfumed;
perfuming
Britannica Dictionary definition of PERFUME
[+ object]
1
literary
:
to fill or cover (something) with a pleasant smell
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Roses perfumed the air.
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The meal included a delicate fish perfumed with butter and herbs.
2
somewhat formal
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to put perfume in or on (something)
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a time when it was common for men to perfume their hair
— perfumed
adjective-
perfumed soap/paper
