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bouquet

[boh-key, boo- for 1, 2; boo-key or, occas., boh- for 3]

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noun

a bunch of flowers; nosegay.

a compliment: The drama critics greeted her performance with bouquets.

the characteristic aroma of wines, liqueurs, etc.

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Origin:
1710–20; < French: bunch, orig. thicket, grove; Old French bosquet, equivalent to bosc wood (< Germanic; see bosk, bush¹) + -et -et

Synonyms
3. scent, odor, fragrance, perfume, nose.

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Remove the herb bouquet from the soup and the cloves from the onion.

Now, there's a bouquet of things to correct, should anyone be in the mood.

Several drinkers remarked that there was an unpleasant chemical bouquet.

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Remove the herb bouquet from the soup and the cloves from the onion.

Now, there's a bouquet of things to correct, should anyone be in the mood.

Several drinkers remarked that there was an unpleasant chemical bouquet.

The new year was welcomed with bouquet of fireworks.

The way the story goes, he asked one of his nurses to put the bouquet in some water.

Plant your own bouquet flowers for an especially personal touch for your wedding.

With wedding season in full swing, you're probably dreading yet another vicious scrum under a ballistic bridal bouquet.

Bouquet offers a limpid and deft performance, his quick shifts of emotion creating a chill all their own.

Put a couple dozen other flowers into a lavish bouquet.

But these flowers would not make an appealing bouquet.

Making an elegant wedding bouquet is easier than you may think.

Indeed, every online game begins with you carefully poring over a bouquet of races and picking your favorite.

Combine the stock, bouquet garni and wine reduction, and reduce by a third.

After the gentlest of swirls, the buttery brioche bouquet gave way to a blast of dark fruit and sawdust.

With a bouquet of flowers held close, a woman waits as police search for her husband in the rubble of an apartment building.

How to grow and arrange a hydrangea wedding bouquet.

Add the mushroom broth, the bouquet garni and the potatoes.

He was extremely well dressed with a flower bouquet in his arms.

Like giving an actor an expensive bouquet of flowers.

But add something from your own garden to the supermarket mix, and suddenly the whole bouquet acquires more character.

Skim off any foam, then add half the onion, half the garlic and the bouquet garni.

In the faint light a woman dressed in rags tied a bouquet of lavender.

Take one deep whiff of a bouquet of vanilla beans and fall in love.

Stir in the lentils, water and bouquet garni, and bring to a boil.

Huge, pure white double flowers with vivid crimson flecks make a showy bouquet in a white ceramic vase.

Mince the remaining garlic and add, along with a bouquet garni and the tomatoes.

Discard the onion, carrot and bacon pieces and the herb bouquet.

The sensible conclusion for the consumer is to judge a wine by its taste and bouquet rather than by any tricks of the trade.

What appears to be part of a spring wedding bouquet is actually a nest for a rare species of solitary bee, a.

He carried a small paper cone of zinnias, the sort of bouquet young drug addicts sell now from traffic islands.

Today's lesson is a flowery bouquet of endearments.

I've also purchased a bouquet of flowers at the corner bodega before schlepping home my groceries.

Plus, a painter's palette of blossoms worthy of a wedding bouquet.

Stir in the potatoes, the bouquet garni and two quarts of water.

Stir in the brown sugar and bury the herb bouquet in the meat.

Cut an inch off the end of the onion and add it to the saucepan with the carrot, celery, parsley and herb bouquet.

Remove from the heat, remove and discard the onion and the bouquet garni, and drain over a bowl.

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bouquet

—n
1.	a bunch of flowers, esp a large carefully arranged one
2.	Also called: nose the characteristic aroma or fragrance of a wine or liqueur
3.	a compliment or expression of praise

[C18: from French: thicket, from Old French bosc forest, wood, probably of Germanic origin; see bush¹]

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Word Origin & History

bouquet

1716, introduced to English by Lady Mary Montague from Fr. bouquet, originally "little wood," from Picard form of O.Fr. bochet (14c.), dim. of bosco, from M.L. boscus "grove" (see bush).

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