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Telltale sign of good food
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aroma
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Word definitions for aroma in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aroma \A*ro"ma\, n. [L. aroma, Gr. ?: cf. OE. aromaz, aromat, spice, F. aromate.] The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee. Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., "fragrant substance," from Latin aroma "sweet odor," from Greek aroma "seasoning, any spice or sweet herb," which is of unknown origin. Meaning "fragrance" is from 1814. A hypercorrect plural is aromata .
Usage examples of aroma.
It bore both the rich aroma of leaves being burnt in the fall and the faint perfume of wildflowers ablow in the spring, but it also held a third attar which seemed to be the breath of the Wind itself which none could ever set name to.
Judging by the aroma of the first fumes, the tobacco certainly contained an admixture of something stronger.
Seregil inhaled the familiar morning smells of the tower as he and Alec headed up to the workroom the next morning- the mingled incense of parchment, candle smoke, and herbs overlaid with the more immediate aromas of breakfast.
The succulent aroma of barbecuing pork wafted through the chill spring air, and fragrant clouds of hickory smoke rose from the fires near the smithy, where haunches of venison, sides of mutton, and broiled fowl in their dozens turned on spits.
Some had nothing on them but bits of shaving soap, but there were wet snots and big boogies in some of the others, he could smell their enticing aroma even now.
But Bozo could not discern the bitter and unmistakable aroma of burning grass upon the morning breeze.
Its pungent aroma, even in the spring of the year, permeated Centennial with a clean, earthlike smell.
Turkish coffee and smoking the chicha, then past the gargotes, where the aroma of kebabs and kefta wafted into the street.
The emotional perfume was delicious, spiced by the fresh, tangy aroma of cilantro and sharpness of onion and garlic coming from the open kitchen window below him.
The chemical constituents of the Strawberry are--a peculiar volatile aroma, sugar, mucilage, pectin, citric and malic acids in equal parts, woody fibre, and water.
She snapped open her fan, as Coy had shown her, held it under her chin, and began waving it delicately, glad of the slight breeze to dispel the varieties of aromas emanating from her male companions.
We had reached the shore, warm, welcoming lights glowed from the dahabeeyah and the aroma of roasting mutton wafted to our nostrils.
The thin air here smelled of wood smoke instead of dung fires, and the sharp green aroma of deodar was intoxicating.
All the delicious aromas whetted an appetite dready sharp from hunger.
It enables the planter to produce a drier bean, and one which has, when roasted, a finer flavour, colour, and aroma, than the unfermented.