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o·dor
(ō′dər)n.
1. A quality of something that is perceived by the sense of smell: kitchen odors. See Synonyms at smell.
2. A strong, pervasive quality: An odor of sadness permeated the gathering.
3. Esteem; repute: a doctrine that is not currently in good odor.
[Middle English odour, from Old French, from Latin odor.]
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odor
(ˈəʊdə)n
the US spelling of odour
ˈodorless adj
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o•dor
(ˈoʊ dər)n.
1. the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: a beautiful flower with an unpleasant odor.
2. a sensation perceived by the sense of smell; scent.
3. a quality or property characteristic or suggestive of something: an odor of suspicion.
4. repute: in bad odor with one's creditors.
5. Archaic. something that has a pleasant scent.
Also, esp. Brit.,odour.[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin]
o′dor•ful, adj.
o′dor•less, adj.
syn: odor, smell, scent, stench all refer to a sensation perceived by means of the olfactory nerves. odor refers to a relatively strong sensation that may be agreeable or disagreeable, actually or figuratively: the odor of freshly roasted coffee; the odor of duplicity. smell is used in similar contexts, although it is a more general word: cooking smells; the sweet smell of success. scent may refer to a distinctive smell, usu. delicate and pleasing, or to a smell left in passing: the scent of lilacs; the scent of an antelope. stench refers to a foul, sickening, or repulsive smell: the stench of rotting flesh.
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Noun | 1. | odor - any property detected by the olfactory system property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" fetidness, malodorousness, stinkiness, rankness, foulness - the attribute of having a strong offensive smell muskiness - having the olfactory properties of musk rancidness - the property of being rancid |
2. | odor - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch" scent - an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis - a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant acridity - having an acrid smell |
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odor
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Translations
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duft
haju
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におい
악취
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lukt
กลิ่น
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odour
(American) odor (ˈəudə) noun a smell (usually particularly good or bad). the sweet odour of roses.
ˈodourless adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
odor
→ رَائِحَةٌ pach duft Geruch οσμή olor haju odeur miris odore におい 악취 geur lukt zapach odor запах lukt กลิ่น koku mùi 气味Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
o·dor
n. olor.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
odor
n olor m; body — olor corporal; foot — olor de piesEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.