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How to pronounce scent in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, smell
Type of property
Has types fetidness, stinkiness, sweetness, fragrancy, fragrance, foulness, rancidness, rankness, redolence, muskiness, malodorousness, bouquet
Type Words
Synonyms perfume
Type of neaten, groom
Type Words
Synonyms nose, wind
Type of smell
Type Words
Synonyms odorize, odourise
Type of cause to be perceived
Has types stink up, thurify, aromatise, aromatize, cense, incense, perfume, smell up, stink out
Type Words
Synonyms aroma, fragrance, perfume
Type of odor, smell, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception, odour
Has types incense
Type Words
Type of odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell
Has types musk

Examples of scent

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A scent of tear gas wafted over the area, but it was not clear who had fired it.
From the freep.com
A wispy, metallic scent hung everywhere in the gray dawn breaking over the city.
From the time.com
Hillcrest coach John Beckham shuts his office door, and the scent stays outside.
From the stltoday.com
I've never seen anything like this and love its eccentricity and powerful scent.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Dogs followed Brucia's scent until they lost it at a car wash on Bee Ridge Road.
From the heraldtribune.com
The presence or even the scent of a dingo is known to discourage cats and foxes.
From the independent.co.uk
Far from delighting in the scent of flowers, noses will wrinkle at other smells.
From the telegraph.co.uk
A scent that works with your own pheromones, so it smells different on everyone.
From the mirror.co.uk
The wipes are non-toxic, safe for sensitive skin, and have a fresh citrus scent.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Aroma: a distinctive odor that is pleasant
  • Odorize: cause to smell or be smelly
  • An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
  • Catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
  • Perfume: apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day"
  • Olfactory property: any property detected by the olfactory system
  • (scented) having the sense of smell; "keen-scented hounds"
  • (scented) odoriferous: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
  • An odor or odour is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction. Odors are also called scents, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors. ...