febreze

Room scent product

Febreze is a brand name for a line of household odor-elimination products, including sprays and plug-in air fresheners.

The name has become somewhat genericized, with people using it as a verb meaning to spray something to mask or eliminate odors: Just febreze the couch before company arrives.

The product works by trapping odor molecules rather than simply covering them with fragrance, though heavy users tend to apply it liberally regardless.

product

air freshener

Device releasing pleasant scent

scent · Procter & Gamble · plug-in · small spaces · canister · refill · lavender · ocean · spring · gain

verb

spray

Dispersed liquid droplets

deodorize · quick fix · cover up · mask · refresh · blast · douse · saturate · touch up · last minute

deodorizing

odor removal

Eliminating unpleasant scents

smoke smell · stale · couch · curtains · upholstery · carpet · car interior · gym bag · shoes · mattress

chemistry

trap

Device for catching animals

malodor · absorption · chemical reaction · active ingredient · formulation · evaporation · airborne particles

Opposites
odor effect

febrezestink bomb

Device releasing noxious odor

skunk spray · fart spray · rotten eggs · sewage · garbage

freshness vs. staleness

febrezemustiness

Stale, damp odor

staleness · funk · stench · reek · foulness

cleanliness/freshness

febrezefilth

Foul, accumulated matter

mustiness · staleness · dankness · foulness · stagnation

Family

febrile, fever, feverish, feverishly

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G