Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: fragrance
IPA transcription: [fɹ'eɪɡɹəns]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent
    Meaning: a distinctive odor that is pleasant
Usage examples
  • An agreeable fragrance was wafted toward them.
  • Like the embodiment of a perfect rose, complete in form and fragrance
  • He would journey all night through the lemon groves, whose fragrance reached him.
  • The warm days of early March made the southern city full of fragrance and beauty.
  • It smells of the freshest, purest fragrance, after the smokiness of Harley Street.
  • There was a sweet fragrance from the fresh verdure, and the birds almost perched upon her shoulders.
  • A sigh of the evening breeze shook them as they hung in the silver moonlight, and scattered their rich fragrance towards the wayfarer.
  • These nuts are then hermetically sealed with a resinous gum, and the vegetable fragrance of their green rind soon imparts to the oil a delightful odour.
  • "Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related all that had taken place, and while he spoke there rose in the air a fragrance as from millions of flowers.
  • In the radiance of the spring, she saw them, and in the glory of the autumn; she breathed the fragrance of the pines in winter and heard the soft patter of summer rains on widespreading leaves.