rose-wa|ter

rose-wa|ter
water made fragrant with oil of roses, used as a perfume and in some Oriental cooking.
rose-wa|ter «ROHZ WT uhr, -WOT-», adjective.
1. having the odor of rose water.
2. Figurative. affectedly delicate, nice, or fine: »

rose-water philanthropy (Thomas Carlyle).


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