Word

odour, n.
(odours)

any property detected by the olfactory system
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aroma odor odour olfactory property scent smell

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

odorous odorize odourise

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smelly smell smell

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aromatic aromatize aromatise

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scent scent

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odourise

semantic pointers

attribute

odorous odorless, odourless, inodorous

hypernym

property

hyponym

bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness muskiness rancidness

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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odor odour olfactory perception olfactory sensation smell

sample sentences

"she loved the smell of roses"

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smell smell smell

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odorize odourise

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odourise

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hypernym

sensation, sense datum, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression

hyponym

scent scent, perfume, fragrance, aroma malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis acridity