1 [C] a flower with a sweet smell that grows on a bush with THORNS (= sharp pointed growths) on its stems. There are many different types of rose:
a bunch of red roses * a rose bush / garden * a climbing / rambling rose
2 (also rose pink) [U] a pink colour
3 [C] a piece of metal or plastic with small holes in it that is attached to the end of a pipe or WATERINGCAN so that the water comes out in a fine spray when you are watering plants
4 = CEILINGROSE
IDIOMS
be coming up roses (informal) (of a situation) to be developing in a successful way:
Everything's coming up roses!
put roses in sb's cheeks (BrE, informal) to make sb look healthy
moreatBEDn., SMELLv.
adjective (also rose pink) pink in colour:
The walls were rose pink.
Part of speech: noun
[U,C] (from French) a light pink wine:
a bottle of rose * an excellent rose
compareREDWINE, WHITEWINE
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