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freshener

freshener

33 2.9
A thing that makes a room or car smell fresher
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɛʃənər/
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  • Her apartment never fully shed its odor of fried potatoes and lemon-scented air freshener.
  • air freshener
  • deodorizers and fresheners
  • products and air fresheners

My tip to you guys is keep a car freshener or a dryer sheet in your gym bag.

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Examples

  • Silent Bob holds the can out to them: it's a small, trial-size can of Glade Air Freshener.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • A quick vacuuming, a little air freshener and will have completed my duties with perfection.

  • But I just bought a new air freshener.

  • I used a car freshener.

  • I'll buy you some air freshener.

  • And there was a request to please check the air freshener in the men's room.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Silent Bob pulls out the small can of air freshener.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We're going to throw in some new seats and a bunch of air fresheners and put it in our auction.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • My tip to you guys is keep a car freshener or a dryer sheet in your gym bag.

  • The faint scent of lavender from a plug-in freshener mingled with the strong aroma of coffee.

Synonyms

deodorizer
vsfreshener
  • US
4 3.5

A spray or small device you put in a room to remove bad smells

makes the air smell or feel fresher instead of just hiding smells

How Fragrant

spray
72 1.0
plug-in
  • Specialized
9 3.5
freshener
33 2.9
deodorizer
  • US
4 3.5
sachet
2 6.9

Surface Forms

freshener singular
fresheners plural

Morphology

freshener = freshen (transparent) = fresh + en + er

The word 'freshener' is transparently derived from 'freshen' by adding the suffix '-er' to indicate an agent or device that performs the action.

Etymology

Freshener comes from the simple word fresh, which means 'new' or 'clean'. The endings -en ('to make') and -er ('a thing that does'), as in cleaner, turn it into 'something that makes things fresh', so a freshener is a product that makes the air or a room smell new and clean.