musk.

1. A strongly scented substance produced by certain animals, traditionally used in perfume.

2. A distinctive, persistent scent associated with such substances or with perfume ingredients that imitate them.

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Words that belong together

• natural musk
• musk from an animal

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The specimen contained traces of natural musk.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.