bouquet
Definitions
- A bunch of cut flowers
- A bunch of cut flowers.
- A surname from French.
- A decoratively arranged bunch of something
- A decoratively arranged bunch of something.
- F. bouquet, grupo de estructuras en forma de racimo similares a la letra b.
- The scent of a particular wine
- The scent of a particular wine.
- A small cluster or arrangement of flowers.
- The middle note of a perfume
- A fragrant smell, especially of a wine or liqueur. See Synonyms at fragrance.
- The middle note of a perfume.
- A compliment or expression of praise
- (Horticulture) a bunch of flowers, esp a large carefully arranged one
- A compliment or expression of praise.
- (Cookery) Also called: nose the characteristic aroma or fragrance of a wine or liqueur
- A bouquet of circles.
- The reserve of cards in the game of Flower Garden and variations.
- a bunch of flowers; nosegay.
- The ninth Lenormand card, sometimes called Flowers instead.
- the characteristic aroma of wines, liqueurs, etc.
- a compliment.
- bunch of flowers, spray, garland, wreath, posy, buttonhole, corsage, nosegay, boutonniere a bouquet of dried violets
Equivalents
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Examples
“For my birthday I received two bouquets.”
“Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.”
“Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table.”
“This Bordeaux has an interesting bouquet.”
“The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell⟳.”
“Since his early death in 1953, a cult, small and select⟳, has grown up around him […]. This coterie maintains that Burns was a writer of near transcendent genius […] whose first novel received enormous bouquets from the critics but who was hounded to death by those same critics when they learned he was a fag.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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