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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bouquet
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bouquet of flowers (=a large bunch of flowers that is given to someone)
▪ The bride held a bouquet of flowers.
bouquet garni
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
carry
▪ She carried a bouquet of white carnations and roses.
▪ She carried a bouquet of red roses, gold freesias, gypsophila and cream carnations.
make
▪ To make bouquets, stick sugar flowers on to long cones of green fondant with royal icing.
present
▪ There were six curtain calls and Rose Lipman came on stage to be presented with a bouquet.
▪ The composer, who was in the audience, took bows and presented a bouquet to Johnson.
▪ She sits at the marriage banquet, apparently in a cafe, and the harlequin has just presented her with a bouquet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It is a light wine with a clean bouquet and taste.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A carved plaque with an occasional bouquet of cut roses is hardly the memorial those early saints would have wanted.
▪ It features Sweetheart Rose in a bridal veil with a special bridal bouquet.
▪ On the long windowsill in her office sits an impressive bouquet of long-stemmed yellow roses.
▪ She then stabbed him with a butcher's knife hidden in the bouquet.
▪ The flavours of both cheeses are less powerful than the bouquets.
▪ There was a knock on the door and a member of the Prince's staff appeared with a large bouquet of flowers.
▪ Throws her bouquet to her unmarried friends before she leaves.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bouquet

Bouquet \Bou*quet"\, n. [F. bouquet bunch, bunch of flowers, trees, feathers, for bousquet, bosquet, thicket, a little wood, dim. of LL. boscus. See Bush thicket, and cf. Bosket, Busket.]

  1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

  2. A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine. [1913 Webster] ||

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bouquet

1716, introduced to English by Lady Mary Montague from French bouquet, originally "little wood," from Picard form of Old French bochet (14c.), diminutive of bosco, from Medieval Latin boscus "grove" (see bush (n.)).

Wiktionary
bouquet

n. 1 A bunch of flowers. 2 The scent of a particular wine. 3 (context mathematics English) A bouquet of circles.

WordNet
bouquet
  1. n. an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present [syn: corsage, posy, nosegay]

  2. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: fragrance, redolence, sweetness]

Wikipedia
Bouquet

Bouquet, a word of French origin, pronounced , may refer to:

  • Bouquet (wine), a fragrance or odor, especially when used as a description of wine
  • Flower bouquet, an arrangement of cut flowers
  • Fruit bouquet, a fruits arrangement in the form of bouquet
  • Bouquet garni, a bundle of herbs used to prepare soup, stock, and various stews
  • Cookie bouquet, a gift or a decorations
  • Candy Bouquet, an arrangement of candy, cellophanes, chocolate
  • In mathematics, a space constructed with the wedge sum, for example, the bouquet of circles
  • Kitchen Bouquet, a browning and seasoning sauce
  • Spiritual bouquet, a collection of prayers and spiritual actions given up for a specific purpose

People:

  • Anne Bouquet (born 1952), High Commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia
  • Carole Bouquet (born 1957), French actress
  • Henry Bouquet (1719–1765), British army officer
  • Martin Bouquet (1685–1754), French historian
  • Michel Bouquet (born 1925), French film actor
  • Pierre-Loup Bouquet (born 1987), French ice dancer

Fictional characters:

  • Mireille Bouquet, one of the two protagonists in the 26-episode anime Noir
  • Hyacinth Bucket, a character in Keeping Up Appearances who insists her last name is pronounced "Bouquet"

Places:

  • Boquet, Pennsylvania, United States (Note: Spelled with only one "u")
  • Bouquet, Gard, France
  • Bouquet, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Bouquet Gardens, a major student residential complex of the University of Pittsburgh
  • Bouquet Reservoir, a reservoir in Los Angeles County, California
  • Bouquet River, a small river in upstate New York, USA
  • Bouquet Canyon, California, an unincorporated area located in Los Angeles County

Other:

  • Bouquet of Barbed Wire, a novel by Andrea Newman
  • Bouquets to Art, an annual floral exhibition hosted by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • Compass Rose Bouquet, the second album by American rock band Great Lakes Myth Society
  • Bouquet, Garcin & Schivre, a French electric car manufactured between 1899 and 1906
  • Bouquet of Black Orchids, a 1993 compilation by The Tear Garden
  • Bouquet of Lilies Clock, a Fabergé egg
  • Bouquet Association Table (BAT), a DVB service information (DVB-SI) table that specifies TV bouquets. Each bouquet being a collection of audio/video services
Bouquet (album)

Bouquet is the thirteenth studio album by composer and guitarist Robbie Basho, released independently in 1983 by Basho Productions.

Bouquet (EP)

Bouquet is the debut extended play (EP) by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers. It was released on October 23, 2015.

Usage examples of "bouquet".

Medico-Chirurgical Association of London, January 25, 1870, there was an anosmic patient mentioned who was very fond of the bouquet of moselle, and Carter mentioned that he knew a man who had lost both the senses of taste and smell, but who claimed that he enjoyed putrescent meat.

On the kitchen counter was a huge bouquet of waxy red flowers with yellow spadix -- anthuriums, if Kenneth recalled correctly -- and a large wooden model ship.

On his desk was another bouquet of anthuriums, and a computer workstation, which was currently half-disassembled.

Servants now came from the carriages, their arms laden, and the king himself presented every female artiste with a huge bouquet of hothouse carnations and a fine, fringed silk shawl embroidered with a crown.

Katalin-Cricket-Grillon was the recipient of almost as many bouquets and candy boxes and messages as was the star artiste, Clover Lee.

And as he stared at it, he imagined that he himself was such an alembic, simmering away inside just like this one, out of which there likewise gushed a distillate, but a better, a newer, an unfamiliar distillate of those exquisite plants that he tended within him, that blossomed there, their bouquet unknown to anyone but himself, and that with their unique scent he could turn the world into a fragrant Garden of Eden, where life would be relatively bearable for him, olfactorily speaking.

She inhaled the scent deeply and thought of Mamo and her Canada Bouquet, and she tried not to be homesick.

The tables were brightened with the bouquets and the floral designs of ships, anchors, harps, and doves sent to the lady passengers, and at one time the Marches thought they were going to be put before a steam-yacht realized to the last detail in blue and white violets.

He stuck out a bouquet of pink tulips, and confused by the gesture, Marcie took them.

A boy then presented the Mayoress with a bouquet of chrysanthemums, there was unenthusiastic applause, and young Mr Perse returned to his place behind the scenes by way of a swing door which led to a passage which, in its turn, led to the dressing-rooms.

She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green.

He kept going, parking at the curb of the Royal Flush Rosery to rush in and buy a bouquet of flowersjust for the hell of it.

Catherine sait que les fleurs sont des parures seantes, et que les belles dames qui mettent des bouquets a leur corsage en paraissent plus jolies.

The Scuzz crowd, obviously a discriminating group of individuals, savored the opening number like wine-tasters, reserving judgment until the full bouquet could be experienced.

I would not say bouquets may be gathered in the depth of winter, but what will be equally cheering may be had in blow, such as the Bluet, Violet, Primrose, Christmas Rose, Crocus, Hepatica, Squills, Snowdrops, and other less known winter bloomers.