Meaning & use
essence
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The basic, most important quality that defines what something fundamentally is.
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Kindness is the essence of who she is as a person.
The chef reduced the sauce to capture the essence of the fresh tomatoes.
A note on using this word
Also used in cooking and perfumery to mean a concentrated extract, as in "vanilla essence."
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A concentrated extract of a plant or substance used for flavoring or fragrance.
She added a few drops of almond essence to the batter.
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