odour
noun
a variant of odor.
odourless
-
a word derived from
odour.
Example Sentences
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State media initially reported four deaths and dozens trapped after levels of carbon monoxide -- a highly toxic, odourless gas -- in the mine were found to have "exceeded limits".
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Standing on the windswept central square of Slavutych, he said that his first, "nuclear" war was against an invisible, odourless poison.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Neil Basu, who led the counter-terrorism investigation, said the "true horror" of the "colourless and odourless" poison was not knowing how to warn people or what to look for.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
The Explain study uses xenon, an odourless, colourless, tasteless and chemically non-reactive gas, to investigate possible lung damage in the patients who have not been admitted to hospital, but continue to experience the symptom.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2022
Whatever is used must be non-irritating, odourless, stainless, and yet strongly antiseptic.
From Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity by William Arbuthnot Lane
