attar
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- Scrabble points
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- Words With Friends
- 5
- Letters
- 5
/ˈæt.ə/
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/ˈæt.ə/ · /ˈæt.ɚ/ · /ˈæt.ɑːɹ/
Definition of attar
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An essential oil extracted from flowers.
“Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.”
“I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)An essential oil extracted from flowers.
“Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.”
“I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.”
- (countable, uncountable)A perfume made from this oil.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).
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