scent

noun/sɛnt/

Frequency rank: #5,265 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a distinctive smell, especially a pleasant one.

Illustration for the English word “scent”

Example sentence

The garden was filled with the scent of fresh roses after the rain.

Synonyms & related words

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