odour

[ oh-der ]

/ ˈoʊ dər /

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noun Chiefly British.

a variant of odor.

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Words nearby odour

odorimetry, odoriphore, odorize, odor of sanctity, odorous, odour, odour of sanctity, Odovacar, Odra, Odsbodikins, ODT

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How to use odour in a sentence

Colorectal cancer screening with odour material by canine scent detection.
The Doctor Will Sniff You Now - Issue 95: Escape|Lina Zeldovich|February 3, 2021|Nautilus
It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It curled and twisted in the embers as if it had been a living thing; a puff of smoke, a pungent odour, and it was gone.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A painful odour arose in spite of the aromatic plants with which it was covered.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias)|Alexandre Dumas, fils

The kolim-tree diffuses an excessively strong odour, similar to that of onions, indicating its site at some distance off.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
With his evasive singularity was mingled a certain exotic odour like the distant perfume of a country well loved of the sun.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
It has the odour of thyme, is sparingly soluble in water, but very soluble in alcohol, ether and in alkaline solutions.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for odour

odour

US odor

/ (ˈəʊdə) /

noun

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

a pervasive quality about somethingan odour of dishonesty

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

Derived forms of odour

odourless or US odorless, adjective

Word Origin for odour

C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein

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