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freshener

[ fresh-uh-ner ]

noun

  1. something that freshens or refreshens:

    An air freshener cleared the room of stale odors.

  2. a soothing skin lotion.
  3. a beverage that makes the drinker feel refreshed.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of freshener1

First recorded in 1880–85; freshen + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Frankincense is a kind of incense, which is to say room freshener.

This was a good freshener to my presence of mind, as a beginning.

Chitterlow came with him partly to see him home and partly for a freshener before turning in.

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