Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small cluster or arrangement of flowers.
  • noun A fragrant smell, especially of a wine or liqueur. synonym: fragrance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See the extract. Also called bouquet of herbs and fagot of herbs.
  • noun A nosegay; a bunch of flowers; hence, something resembling a bunch of flowers, as a cluster of precious stones, a piece or flight of fireworks, etc.
  • noun An agreeable non-spiritous perfume characteristic of some wiues.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
  • noun A perfume; an aroma.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bunch of flowers.
  • noun The scent of a particular wine.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
  • noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Old French bosquet, thicket, diminutive of bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.]

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Examples

  • "That is what I call a bouquet," said Fleda, fain to leave the table, too, and draw near the tempting show in Florence's hand.

    Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

  • "That is what I call a bouquet," said Fleda, fain to leave the table too and draw near the tempting shew in Florence's hand.

    Queechy Susan Warner 1852

  • I hand over the half-dozen stems that I've collected and our bouquet is now 34 flowers strong.

    Tante Marie-Francoise 2009

  • The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.

    poireau - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Today I was amazed to receive this beautiful flower bouquet from a group of friends, so lovely that I had to display it on my dresser and post a picture.

    Flowers for the Resurrection regina doman 2009

  • The bouquet is deep and lovely, as it offers up a complex mélange of tobacco leaf, black cherries, cassis, hot stones, herbs and a fine base of complex soil tones.

    Mayacamas - one of the greatest California Cabernets by John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • I hand over the half-dozen stems that I've collected and our bouquet is now 34 flowers strong.

    French Word-A-Day: 2008

  • Apparently, being open to catching a bouquet is not enough.

    Catching the Bouquet « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting 2008

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