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odour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aroma, odor, olfactory property, scent, smell |
| Type of | property |
| Has types | fetidness, foulness, fragrance, fragrancy, malodorousness, muskiness, rancidness, rankness, redolence, stinkiness, sweetness, bouquet |
| Derivation | odourise |
odour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | odor, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell |
| Type of | sense impression, esthesis, aesthesis, sense datum, sensation, sense experience |
| Has types | fetor, foetor, fragrance, malodor, stench, malodour, mephitis, perfume, stink, acridity, aroma, reek, scent |
| Derivation | odourise |
Examples of odour
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The research team analysed how the contraceptive pill affects odour preferences.
From the sciencedaily.com
The third odour indicated that the animal could choose to go to either location.
From the nature.com
And Mr Berlusconi is already in bad odour with the clergy over his private life.
From the economist.com
Reporters allowed into the site said the odour of charred flesh hung in the air.
From the guardian.co.uk
This strong odour can be detected half a mile away by animals, thus luring them.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Female mice are attuned to the odour of male mice as it helps them pick a mate.
From the newscientist.com
This led to the volunteers expecting a specific odour to be associated with pain.
From the sciencedaily.com
Whether someone produces odour depends on the existence of an active ABCC11 gene.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
An odour-free Compost Caddy costs under a fiver and filters out carbon emissions.
From the metro.co.uk
- 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"
- Olfactory property: any property detected by the olfactory system
- An odor or odour is caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds, generally at a very low concentration, that humans or other animals perceive by the sense of olfaction. Odors are also called scents, which can refer to both pleasant and unpleasant odors. ...
- Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume; Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume
- (Odours) Sewage by its very nature will produce odours, and these can sometimes be a problem at sewage pumping stations or sewage treatment works. At a good treatment works there will be very little odour, but a lot will depend on the sludge's produced at the works. ...
- The property of a substance affecting the sense of smell; any smell; scent; perfume.
- A gas which stimulates the olfactory senses.
