Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drydown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: dry-down
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note."

Etymology

From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.

Usage

Inflected Forms

drydowns (plural) dry-down (alternative)

Questions

What does drydown mean?: The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note.
Where does drydown come from?: From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.

How to pronounce drydown

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