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Meaning of scent-bottle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A small elegant bottle containing perfume.

Equivalents

Latina olfactorium

Examples

“She touched the spring of her dressing-case, and ascertained that the scent-bottle and a novel from Mudie's were both handy”
“There are no caricatures, now, of effeminate exquisites so arrayed, swooning in opera boxes with excess of delight and being revived by other dainty creatures poking long-necked scent-bottles at their noses.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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