Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small cluster or arrangement of flowers.
- noun A fragrant smell, especially of a wine or liqueur. synonym: fragrance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See the extract. Also called
bouquet of herbs and fagot of herbs. - noun A nosegay; a bunch of flowers; hence, something resembling a bunch of flowers, as a cluster of precious stones, a piece or flight of fireworks, etc.
- noun An agreeable non-spiritous perfume characteristic of some wiues.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
- noun A perfume; an aroma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A bunch of
flowers . - noun The scent of a particular wine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
- noun an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"That is what I call a bouquet," said Fleda, fain to leave the table, too, and draw near the tempting show in Florence's hand.
Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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"That is what I call a bouquet," said Fleda, fain to leave the table too and draw near the tempting shew in Florence's hand.
Queechy Susan Warner 1852
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I hand over the half-dozen stems that I've collected and our bouquet is now 34 flowers strong.
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The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.
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Today I was amazed to receive this beautiful flower bouquet from a group of friends, so lovely that I had to display it on my dresser and post a picture.
Flowers for the Resurrection regina doman 2009
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The bouquet is deep and lovely, as it offers up a complex mélange of tobacco leaf, black cherries, cassis, hot stones, herbs and a fine base of complex soil tones.
Mayacamas - one of the greatest California Cabernets by John Gilman | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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The weekly "photo bouquet" is updated each Saturday with a dozen or more fresh-as-baguette photos of France.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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I hand over the half-dozen stems that I've collected and our bouquet is now 34 flowers strong.
French Word-A-Day: 2008
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Apparently, being open to catching a bouquet is not enough.
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