scent

/sent/ n [C/U] (SMELL)

Definition

› a smell, esp. when pleasant, or a smell left behind by an animal or person: [C] The scent of lilacs permeated the air. [C] The dogs were onto the lost boy’s scent (= were following his smell). › Scent is also perfume (= liquid with a pleasant smell).

(Definition of scent n (SMELL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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