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odour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun odour has 2 senses
- odour(n = noun.cognition) odor, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" is a kind of aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
- odour(n = noun.attribute) aroma, odor, olfactory property, scent, smell - any property detected by the olfactory system; Array is a kind of property
has particulars: scent, aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent, fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, mephitis, reek, stench, stink, acridity
Derived form verb odourise1
has particulars: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness, fetidness, foulness, malodorousness, rankness, stinkiness, muskiness, rancidness
Derived form verb odourise1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
odour, n. (US odor)
1 the property of a substance that has an effect on the nasal sense of smell.
2 a lasting quality or trace attaching to something (an odour of intolerance).
3 regard, repute (in bad odour).
1 the property of a substance that has an effect on the nasal sense of smell.
2 a lasting quality or trace attaching to something (an odour of intolerance).
3 regard, repute (in bad odour).
Derivative
odourless adj. (in sense 1).
Etymology
ME f. AF odour, OF odor f. L odor -oris smell, scent
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