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Definition of Odour in English :

Odour

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Noun

1. odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

Example Sentences:
'she loved the smell of roses'

2. aroma, odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell

any property detected by the olfactory system

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Odour

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noun

1.

the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell

2.

a pervasive quality about something

an odour of dishonesty

3.

repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour)

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Odour

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noun

British

odor

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Odour

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n.
Chiefly British

Variant of odor.

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