Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A quality that can be perceived by the olfactory sense: synonym: smell.
- noun A characteristic, usually pleasant odor, as of a plant, spice, or food: synonym: fragrance.
- noun A distinctive, intangible quality; an aura.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spice: usually in the plural, spices.
- noun An odor arising from spices, plants, or other substances, more especially an agreeable odor; fragrance; spicy perfume.
- noun Figuratively, a characteristic but subtle quality; a pervasive charm or flavor.
- noun Synonyms Perfume, Fragrance, etc. See
smell , n.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor.
- noun Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
smell ; especially apleasant spicy orfragrant one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any property detected by the olfactory system
- noun a distinctive odor that is pleasant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(he keeps going on about apples, but the aroma is all sour grape – weird)
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The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
Amateur Hour 2009
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The aroma is distinctive, but in the end, it's a lemon.
lemon Tree 2009
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The aroma is distinctive, but in the end, it's a lemon.
lemon Tree 2009
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If we eat a food that's got a certain aroma, and it has no salt, our brain registers that and kind of gives us not much of a sensation.
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The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
Amateur Hour 2009
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The bad news is that all decaffeination methods remove considerable flavor and aroma from the coffee, which means that in order for the decaf to taste great, the beans chosen for decaffeination need to be stellar.
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The aroma is sort of cloudy, with nothing more than muddled hops and malt showing through.
New York Beer 2009
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The bad news is that all decaffeination methods remove considerable flavor and aroma from the coffee, which means that in order for the decaf to taste great, the beans chosen for decaffeination need to be stellar.
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The aroma is distinctive, but in the end, it's a lemon.
lemon Tree 2009
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