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perfumery

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hair & beauty, Trade, Industry
per·fum·er·y /pəˈfjuːməri $ pər-/ noun (plural perfumeries) old-fashioned  1. [countable]DCBBBT a place where perfumes are made or sold 香水厂;香水店2. [uncountable]TIDCB the process of making perfumes 香水调制
Examples from the Corpus
perfumeryAchille Hébuterne worked as chief cashier in a perfumery.These fall into a tank and after some clandestine coloration and perfumery are packaged and sold.Oil of cedarwood was highly prized for its use in embalmment, medicine and perfumery.These aromatics were used in both perfumery and medicine.Nowadays vacuum distillation is usually preferred to steam distillation for this purpose. to extract oils from plants, for example in perfumery.
per·fum·er·y nounChineseSyllable
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perfumery
perfumery /pəˈfjuːməri $ pər-/ noun (plural perfumeries) old-fashioned
1. [countable] a place where perfumes are made or sold
2. [uncountable] the process of making perfumes


per·fumeryBrE /pəˈfjuːməri/ 🔊NAmE /pərˈfjuːməri/ 🔊 noun (
plural
per·fumeries
)
[countable] a place where perfumes are made and/or sold 香水制造厂;香水商店 [uncountable] the process of making perfume 香水制造