Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell. See Synonyms at smell.
- n. A sensation, stimulation, or perception of the sense of smell.
- n. A strong, pervasive quality: An odor of sadness permeated the gathering.
- n. Esteem; repute: a doctrine that is not currently in good odor.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Scent; fragrance; smell, whether pleasant or offensive: when used without a qualifying adjunct, the word usually denotes an agreeable smell.
- n. Figuratively, repute; reputation; esteem: as, to be in bad odor with one's acquaintances.
- n. Synonyms Scent, Perfume, etc. See smell, n.
Wiktionary
- n. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
- n. A strong, pervasive quality.
- n. Esteem; repute.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any property detected by the olfactory system
- n. the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
Etymologies
- Middle English odour, from Old French, from Latin odor.
Examples
“The natural feminine odor -- _odor feminae_ -- is pleasant, attractive and needs no disguise.”
“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.”
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
“Consider This: Playground teasing alert—think twice about naming your daughter something that sounds so similar to the word odor.”
“The odor is thought to be caused by trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole.”
The Wall Street Journal: Tylenol 8-Hour Caplets Recalled on Musty Odor
“Obviously, preventing deer from detecting human odor is a building block of deer hunting.”
“The odor from the particleboard is affecting my allergies.”
“That can separate the odor from a puke who has stunk so long?”
“Now we find the odor is not noticeable unless the cat had just used the box, even when standing next to it.”
“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.”
Consumer Reports: Pfizer expands Lipitor recall by 38,000 bottles
“All drywall has sulfur in its elemental composition; therefore the odor is not explained by an analysis of the total sulfur content.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘odor’.
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That STINKS!
Words having to do with terrible smells.
odor, putrid, stank, stink, smell, horrid, foul, putrecence, awful, rotting, garbage, toilet and 14 more...
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vile, so vile!
the bad, and the ugly...
moist, wet, ointment, chunk, saliva, damp, lick, runny, piddle, salivate, clammy, crust and 4 more...
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