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🕯️ A scent holder 🍲 A small dish
cassolette

cassolette

9.9
A small container for burning or holding scented things to make a room smell nice
  • noun
  • /ˌkæsəˈlɛt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cassolette
  • She placed a cassolette filled with lavender on the table.

Examples

  • She placed a fragrant mixture in the cassolette to scent the sitting room before guests arrived.

  • The antique cassolette on the mantel filled the air with a gentle aroma.

  • He bought a decorative cassolette to use with lavender potpourri in his bedroom.

  • The cassolette emits a lovely scent throughout the room.

  • The cassolette filled the room with a delightful fragrance as the essential oils warmed up.

  • We used a cassolette to create a calming atmosphere during our meditation session.

  • Her favorite way to scent her home is by lighting a cassolette with lavender oil.

Synonyms

sachet
vscassolette
2 6.9

A small cloth bag filled with dried herbs to make clothes smell nice in drawers

is used to scent a room rather than clothes in drawers
pomander
vscassolette
  • Archaic
1 9.5

A small scented ball used to make clothes smell nice

is used specifically to scent a room with a burner or small container

Surface Forms

cassolette singular
cassolette plural

Morphology

cassolette = cassole + ette

The diminutive suffix '-ette' is recognizable to learners (indicating a small object), but the root 'cassole' is a rare loanword not a productive English base, so the full meaning is only partially recoverable.

Etymology

Cassolette comes from French and is a little form of casserole 'a cooking dish'. The idea of a 'little pot' makes it easy to remember that a cassolette can be a small container or burner used to hold a scent for a room.