Definition of odour Odour
/ˈəʊdɐ/ - o•dour
We found 6 definitions of odour from 4 different sources.
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British English
odour - /ˈəʊdɐ/
American English
odor - /owˈdɚ/
What does odour mean?
WordNet
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| odour - any property detected by the olfactory system | ||
| olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, scent | ||
| property any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" | ||
| fragrancy, redolence, bouquet, fragrance, sweetness an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | ||
| fetidness, malodorousness, stinkiness, rankness, foulness the attribute of having a strong offensive smell | ||
| muskiness having the olfactory properties of musk | ||
| odour - the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses" | ||
| smell, odor, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception | ||
| aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, sensation 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 | ||
| aroma, fragrance, perfume, scent a distinctive odor that is pleasant | ||
| fetor, foetor, malodor, malodour, reek, stench, stink, mephitis a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant | ||
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Wiktionary 
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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odour
ō′dur, n. smell: perfume: estimation: reputation.—adj. Odorif′erous, bearing odour or scent: diffusing fragrance: perfumed.—adv. Odorif′erously.—n. Odorif′erousness, the quality of being odoriferous.—adj. O′dorous, emitting an odour or scent: sweet-smelling: fragrant.—adv. O′dorously.—n. O′dorousness, the quality of exciting the sensation of smell.—adjs. O′doured, perfumed; O′dourless, without odour.—Odour of sanctity (see Sanctity); In bad odour, in bad repute. [Fr.,—L. odor.]
Part of speech
🔤- odour, noun, singular of odours.
