incense
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌsɛns/
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incienso
- During the religious ceremony, they burned incense to create a soothing atmosphere.
- burn incense
- perfume and incense
- use incense
You, you, you burn opium incense that then is supposed to summon a lover.
- You, you, you burn opium incense that then is supposed to summon a lover.
- Who says, Steve, why don't you use a smoke machine or incense to show the airflow in cases?
- But to get started, because it is a process, I'm going to light a little incense and take a couple deep breaths.
- So every night I would do my little prayer with the incense and then close it again for my mum not to get angry.
- They've broken onto the estate and they're claiming we're violating laws by burning this incense.
- It's associated with the temple cult and it has a cognate verb lakhtir, which means to burn ketoret, to burn incense.
- So like steam or you could use this of incense or something like that as well.
- The whole place smelt like Patchoulian incense, but that place is no longer.
Examples
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My incense burner's in there.
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But to get started, because it is a process, I'm going to light a little incense and take a couple deep breaths.
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And she asked me to go there with her to burn incense for you.
Fiction book (1992) -
Excuse me, if you put your incense on, does that affect me or should I do my own?
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So every night I would do my little prayer with the incense and then close it again for my mum not to get angry.
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A vague hint of rare incense struck me.
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I think I'm allergic to the incense.
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Around it, we've found tiny incense cups from offerings made there.
Academic text (2003) -
Bring me my incense.
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Offering perfume and incense to others is, accordingly, the mark of social personhood and belonging.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
A stick or cone that burns slowly and makes a pleasant smell
Scented wood from some trees that makes a sweet smell when burned
A natural substance with a pleasant smell that trees and plants make and people use in perfume, incense, and medicine
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fragrant
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Etymology
Incense comes from the Latin word incendere meaning 'to burn', so it originally named something you burn to make a sweet smell. Like candle and cinder, it is a material burned in temples and homes for its scent.