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microfragrance

microfragrance noun: a fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.

Noun

microfragrance (plural microfragrances)

  1. A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.
    • The 3M Company has had spectacular success with its scratch-and-sniff scents. These are microfragrances encapsulated in millions of tiny plastic bubbles — more than fifty million to a square inch of paper.1976, Ruth Winter, The smell book: scents, sex, and society, page 106

Forms of microfragrance

pluralmicrofragrances

Origin of microfragrance

From micro- + fragrance.

Questions about microfragrance

What does microfragrance mean?
Microfragrance means a fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.
What part of speech is microfragrance?
Microfragrance is a noun.
What is the plural of microfragrance?
The plural of microfragrance is microfragrances.

Words near microfragrance in the dictionary

  1. microfractures
  2. microfracturing
  3. microfracturings
  4. microfragment
  5. microfragments
  6. microfragrance
  7. microfragrances
  8. microframework
  9. microframeworks
  10. microfranchise
  11. microfranchised

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