Odour

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
British standard spelling of odor. countable, uncountable
"So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry."
2
any property detected by the olfactory system wordnet
3
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form wordnet

Synonyms

aroma odor olfactory perception olfactory property olfactory property olfactory sensation

Antonyms

Example

"Add rice wine before cooking to remove the unpleasant odour."

Related phrases

body odour odour of sanctity bad smell

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