cologne

IPA: kʌɫˈoʊn

Root Word: Cologne

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany, on the Rhine River.
A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
A type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90% alcohol and water.
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
(loosely) A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.

Examples of "cologne" in Sentences

The cologne is available at Rickey’s, a New York City retailer.
His Eau Sauvage cologne is the only scent in the world I will ever need or want.
I'm with you; would love to combine the two...though the price point on the cologne is a bit more realistic than that for the house.
He was a packrat who never threw anything away, and so obsessively fastidious that he would boil up a saucepan full of old paperclips, drenched in cologne, for reuse.
By this time, the cougar has established that you have impeccable taste in cologne, money is no object to you, and that you have loyalty to her store, the store she makes commission at.
The cologne, which is made and marketed under license by privately held Coty Inc., posted sales of about $85.5 million last year, according to estimates by market-data firm Euromonitor International Inc.
Was there some jerk who bathed in cologne and was trying to kill an allergic co-worker? really bc if the public can wear as much scent as they like and no one in your branch is allergic it seems a bit much.