fragrance
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of fragrance
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A pleasant smell or odour.
“You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A pleasant smell or odour.
“You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”
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(countable, uncountable)A perfume.
“Today, sales of women's fragrances are double those of men's, and 80 percent of all men's after-shaves and colognes are in fact bought by women, as gifts.”
verb
- (transitive)To apply a fragrance to; to perfume.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French fragrance, from Middle French fragrance, from Old French fraglance, from Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant.
Words you can make from fragrance
125 playable · top: CARFARE (12 pts)
Best play carfare 12 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
26 words- FACER 10 pts
- FARCE 10 pts
- FRANC 10 pts
- FANGA 9 pts
- GANEF 9 pts
- CAGER 8 pts
- FAENA 8 pts
- FARER 8 pts
- FRENA 8 pts
- GRACE 8 pts
- ARECA 7 pts
- CANER 7 pts
- CARER 7 pts
- CRANE 7 pts
- NACRE 7 pts
- RACER 7 pts
- RANCE 7 pts
- ANGER 6 pts
- GNARR 6 pts
- GRANA 6 pts
- RAGER 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
- REGNA 6 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- RERAN 5 pts
4-letter words
40 words- CAFE 9 pts
- FACE 9 pts
- FANG 8 pts
- FRAG 8 pts
- AFAR 7 pts
- CAGE 7 pts
- CRAG 7 pts
- FANE 7 pts
- FARE 7 pts
- FEAR 7 pts
- FERN 7 pts
- FRAE 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CARN 6 pts
- CARR 6 pts
- NARC 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- AGAR 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- ANGA 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- NAGA 5 pts
- RAGA 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
- RARE 4 pts
- REAR 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- CAF 8 pts
- FAG 7 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- FAN 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FER 6 pts
- REF 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GRR 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
2-letter words
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