perfume

🇺🇸 /pərˈfjuːm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
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noun
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A liquid that smells nice, often made from flowers, put on skin.

She bought a new perfume that smells like roses.

R

A nice smell, often sweet.

The perfume of the flowers filled the garden.

verb
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To make a place smell nice.

The fresh flowers perfume the room with a lovely scent.

R

To put perfume on something.

She likes to perfume her clothes with a light spray.

translation

n. A liquid that smells nice, often made from flowers, put on skin.; A nice smell, often sweet.
v. To make a place smell nice.; To put perfume on something.

Word Forms

Plural perfumes
Progressive perfuming
Past perfumed
Perfect perfumed
3rd Present perfumes