Meaning & use
flacon
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A small, often ornamental stoppered bottle, typically used for perfume.
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The perfume came in an elegant glass flacon shaped like a teardrop.
She collects antique flacons from the early twentieth century.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French; used almost exclusively to describe decorative perfume or cosmetic bottles rather than ordinary containers.
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