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smelling bottle

smelling bottle noun: a bottle for smelling salts.

Noun

smelling bottle (plural smelling bottles)

  1. A bottle for smelling salts.
    • [A]ll the spectators could easily perceive her perturbation, which manifested itself in frequent palpitations, heart-heavings, and alterations of countenance, in spite of the assistance of a smelling-bottle which she incessantly applied to her nostrils.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
    • Consent then Madam to their union & as a reward, this smelling Bottle which I enclose in my right hand, shall be yours & yours forever; I never will claim it again.[1787–1790], [Jane Austen], “Frederic & Elfrida: a novel”, in Volume the First, chapter IV, page 16

Forms of smelling bottle

pluralsmelling bottles

Questions about smelling bottle

What does smelling bottle mean?
Smelling bottle means a bottle for smelling salts.
What part of speech is smelling bottle?
Smelling bottle is a noun.
What is the plural of smelling bottle?
The plural of smelling bottle is smelling bottles.

Words near smelling bottle in the dictionary

  1. smelliness
  2. smelling
  3. smelling a rat
  4. smelling aid
  5. smelling blood
  6. smelling bottle
  7. smelling bottles
  8. smelling like a rose
  9. smelling like a tart's bedroom
  10. smelling like a tart's boudoir
  11. smelling like a tart's handbag

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