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Raremusk
The correct spelling is musk.
How to pronounce musk
/mʌsk/
nounIPA: /mʌsk/
Say it like: Mus-k
The correct spelling is musk. A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes. For example: "I was so excited I could smell my own musk."
Usage Examples
“I was so excited I could smell my own musk.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- 2.A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
- 3.A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
- 4.The odour of musk.
- 5.The musk deer (genus Moschus).
verb
- 1.To perfume with musk.
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