cologne water

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   a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol

   Synonymscologneeau de cologne

   Broaderperfume

Questions about cologne water

What does cologne water mean?

cologne water means "a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol".

What is another word for cologne water?

Close synonyms include cologne, eau de cologne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cologne water a common word?

cologne water is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.