smell-alike

noun

Etymology

From smell + alike, perhaps modelled on lookalike.

  1. inherited from ġelīċe
  2. inherited from yliche
  3. inherited from oliche
  4. inherited from onlīċe
  5. inherited from aliche
  6. inherited from *galīkaz
  7. inherited from *galīk
  8. inherited from ġelīċ
  9. inherited from ylich
  10. inherited from onlīċ
  11. inherited from alich
  12. compounded as smell-alike — “smell + alike

Definitions

  1. Something that smells like something else.

    • […] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria.
    • In L'Oréal v. Belure, the dispute concerned marketing of so-called smell-alikes.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA