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cologne
/kəˈloʊn/
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What does cologne mean?
noun
- 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.
- A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To scent with cologne.
proper noun
- The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
- A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
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/kəˈloʊn/
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Jerome, with his beautiful bride, next visited Cologne, the largest and wealthiest city on the banks of the Rhine.
Nowhere, perhaps, in Europe can the philosophy of this development of fetichism be better studied to-day than at Cologne.
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The principal supply of the better articles of earthenware came from Delft in Holland, and of drinking stone pots from Cologne.
His plump white neck stood out sharply above the black collar of his uniform, and he smelled of Eau de Cologne.
One end of the egg is broken and the inside taken out, then it is partly filled with cologne, and the whole sealed up.