drydown
drydown noun: the phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
Noun
drydown (countable and uncountable, plural drydowns)
- The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
- In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note.2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, “Chamade”, in Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 115
- The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean).
- A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.
Forms of drydown
| plural | drydowns |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dry-down |
Origin of drydown
From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.
Questions about drydown
- What does drydown mean?
- Drydown means the phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
- What part of speech is drydown?
- Drydown is a noun.
- What is the plural of drydown?
- The plural of drydown is drydowns.
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