new baby smell
The sweetish, often milky or bready odor of a newborn baby, caused by the vernix…The sweetish, often milky or bready odor of a newborn baby, caused by the vernix caseosa etc. and thought to facilitate maternal bonding.
» The new fabric softener smells lovely.
Der neue Weichspüler duftet großartig. — Yorwba
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1 senses(informal, uncountable)The sweetish, often milky or bready odor of a newborn baby, caused by the vernix caseosa etc. and thought to facilitate maternal bonding.
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1 related wordsRelatednew-car smell
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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