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Toilette accessory
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deodorant
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Word definitions for deodorant in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor n. 1 Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor. 2 An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant odors [syn: deodourant ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A special anti-foam additive also gives a more complete fill-up with less spillage, and a deodorant reduces smell. ▪ Both women said they had deodorant sprayed in their noses. ▪ Cheap scent and costlier scent like fly spray, ...
Usage examples of deodorant.
The criminalist knew that talcum powder was commonly used by some people as a deodorant, by workers who wore tight-fitting rubber gloves for protection and by those who engaged in certain sexual practices using latex clothing.
Although nobody really appreciated stink lines, for instance, signaling the inefficaciousness of their underarm deodorant, they could live with such indignities, since everyone else was subject to the same automatic insults.
The white linen slacks that fitted her body snugly, her stomach was rounded, not plump but firm flesh like a peach, there was a scent as of ripe, overripe, fruit about her, perfumy perspiration, talcumy deodorant, the halter sweater was low-cut, like no sweater any woman of her age would wear in Willowsville, it had ridden up at her waist to reveal the soft pale of her midriff.
Hand lotion, tampons, a diaphragm case, deodorant, lipstick, a bottle of multivitamins, a tube of spermicide on the bottom shelf.
Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, com plasters.
Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, corn plasters.
Beneath the perfume she smelled faintly of hypoallergenic soap and unscented deodorants.
Beneath the perfume she smelled faintly of hypoallergenic soap and unscented deodorants.
Steward put a tube of toothpaste and a container of stick deodorant in his pockets to go through later, in case there might be something hidden there.
Nastasya Filippovna, by two containers of something called Zhdanov fluid, used in Russia as a disinfectant and deodorant.
It was full of the stuff that usually clutters bathrooms: hair dryers, hot curlers, deodorant, shampoo, styling gel.
It would be a big mistake to dress up, make my best effort, comb my hair, maybe even borrow some swell clothes from the man I work for, something all-cotton and pastel shirtwise, brush my teeth, put on what they call deodorant and walk into the Columbia Memorial Mausoleum for my big second date still looking ugly, but showing signs I really tried to look good.
The air in the locker room hangs heavy with the smells of underarms, deodorant, benzoin, camphonated powder, serious feet, old steam.
I never eat anything that may be chemicalized, stopped using deodorant or soap or toothpaste -- I use baking soda for those things, which actually works better -- I practice deep breathing.
He loathed the very word deodorant, however, and once at a board meeting tried to force a fellow officer of the company to eat the antiperspirant stick LeFever was about to market.