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deodorant

[ dee-oh-der-uhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an agent for destroying odors.
a substance, often combined with an antiperspirant, for inhibiting or masking perspiration or other bodily odors.

deodorant

/ diːˈəʊdərənt /

1. a substance applied to the body to suppress or mask the odour of perspiration or other body odours
2. ( as modifier ) Compare antiperspirant
  a deodorant spray
any substance for destroying or masking odours, such as liquid sprayed into the air

First recorded in 1865–70; de- + odor + -ant

Retailers have entered the terminals and the vending machines offer everything from deodorant to iPads.

This would make sense, if there was a cut-off somewhere along the vast “deodorant using—crop dusting” continuum.

Just try sticking a Doors song on an ad for a Buick or deodorant.

On the first day that Curry took over, she blurted out on air, “I knew I should have worn deodorant today, this is hard today!”

Watch his foray into the land of the Internet in this deodorant shtick that has gone viral.

They tried frantically to remedy the situation by the use of this toothpaste and that, and this deodorant and the other.

A Deodorant is a substance which neutralizes or destroys the unpleasant odors arising from matter undergoing putrefaction.

As a deodorant, keep in an open vessel a sponge or cloth saturated with the Chlorides full strength.

A disinfectant is not necessarily an antiseptic or a deodorant, nor are these last necessarily disinfectants.

Chloride of lime, or bleaching powder as it is often called, is a good disinfectant, as well as a deodorant.

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