PERFUME


Meaning of PERFUME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɜ:(r)fju:m, pə(r)fju:m ]

( perfumes, perfuming, perfumed)

1.

Perfume is a pleasant-smelling liquid which women put on their skin to make themselves smell nice.

The hall smelled of her mother’s perfume.

...a bottle of perfume.

= scent

N-MASS

2.

Perfume is the ingredient that is added to some products to make them smell nice.

...a delicate white soap without perfume.

N-MASS

3.

If something is used to perfume a product, it is added to the product to make it smell nice.

The oil is used to flavour and perfume soaps, foam baths, and scents.

...shower gel perfumed with the popular Paris fragrance.

VERB : V n , V-ed with n

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