fragrance

«fragrance» in Mova's school dictionary: a pleasant, sweet smell, like flowers or fresh bread — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fragrance, fragrances; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fragrance is a pleasant, sweet smell, like flowers or fresh bread. tree →

2) A fragrance is also perfume or a scent that people wear or that is added to soap and shampoo. tree →

sense in the lessons

Descriptive writing (senses), science (smells and the nose), shopping. Some people are allergic to fragrances. Phrases: sweet fragrance, the fragrance of, fragrance-free.

examples

• The fragrance of roses filled the garden. tree →
• Mum's new fragrance smells of vanilla. tree →
• This soap is fragrance-free for sensitive skin. tree →
• The bakery's fragrance drifted down the street. tree →
• Lavender has a calming fragrance. tree →
• Bees are attracted by the fragrance of flowers. tree →
• The fragrance of roses spread through the room, mingled with the sweet smell of apples. tree →

note

Pleasant smells only; a bad smell is a stink or odour. Adjective: fragrant. Countable for different perfumes, uncountable for smell in general.

In the corpora

• His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon.
• Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
• While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
• The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fragrance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.