odor
IPA: ˈoʊdɝ
noun
- Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- (figuratively) A strong, pervasive quality.
- (figuratively, uncountable) Esteem.
- (now rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
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Examples of "odor" in Sentences
- The odor from the particleboard is affecting my allergies.
- That can separate the odor from a puke who has stunk so long?
- Obviously, preventing deer from detecting human odor is a building block of deer hunting.
- The natural feminine odor -- _odor feminae_ -- is pleasant, attractive and needs no disguise.
- The odor is thought to be caused by trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole.
- Now we find the odor is not noticeable unless the cat had just used the box, even when standing next to it.
- Consider This: Playground teasing alert—think twice about naming your daughter something that sounds so similar to the word odor.
- The odor of sanctity was specially noted at death, and was doubtless confused with the _odor mortis_, which frequently precedes death and by some is regarded as an almost certain indication of its approach.
- Pfizer says that the odor is "consistent with the presence of 2, 4, 6 tribromoanisole (TBA), which was found at a very low level in a complaint sample bottle during the investigation leading to the first product recall."
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