Definition of essences Essences
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What does essences mean?
Wiktionary 
- essences (Noun)
Plural of essence.
Part of speech
🔤- essences, noun, plural of essence.
WordNet
NounPlural: essences |
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| essence - any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted | ||
| substance the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes" | ||
| essence - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" | ||
| kernel, substance, core, center, centre, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | ||
| cognitive content, mental object, content the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned | ||
| bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" | ||
| hypostasis (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | ||
| haecceity, quiddity the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | ||
| quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type | ||
| essence - a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor | ||
| perfume | ||
| toilet articles, toiletry artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | ||
| cologne water, eau de cologne, cologne a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol | ||
| pachouli, patchouli, patchouly a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | ||
| perfumery the art of making perfumes | ||
| potpourri a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | ||
| rose water perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses | ||
| essence - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | ||
| effect, burden, core, gist | ||
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Wiktionary
- essence (Noun)
The inherent nature of a thing or idea. - essence (Noun)
A significant feature of something. - essence (Noun)
The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process. - essence (Noun)
Fragrance, a perfume. - essence (Noun)
The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- essence (n.)
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. - essence (n.)
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts. - essence (n.)
Constituent substance. - essence (n.)
A being; esp., a purely spiritual being. - essence (n.)
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like. - essence (n.)
Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume. - essence (v. t.)
To perfume; to scent.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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essence
The choicest, most essential or most vital part. -
essence
Industrial product, made from flowers, or produced by some chemical process, from which a pleasant smell exhales.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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essence
es′ens, n. the inner distinctive nature of anything: the qualities which make any object what it is: a being: the extracted virtues of any drug: the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil: a perfume.—adj. Essen′tial, relating to or containing the essence: necessary to the existence of a thing: indispensable or important in the highest degree: highly rectified: pure.—n. something necessary: a leading principle.—n. Essential′ity, the quality of being essential: an essential part.—adv. Essen′tially.—n. Essen′tialness. [Fr.,—L. essentia—essens, -entis, assumed pr.p. of esse, to be.]
Part of speech
🔤- essence, noun, singular of essences.
