odour

[ oh-der ]

/ ˈoʊ dər /

noun Chiefly British.

a variant of odor.

Words nearby odour

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

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Example sentences from the Web for odour

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
He seems to think, poor man, that the odour has disgraced his boat.
The Destroyer|Burton Egbert Stevenson
The earthy moisture of the soil and undergrowth was as the odour of a charnel-house.
Haviland's Chum|Bertram Mitford
If the wound cavity be clean, and if there be no odour, it is sufficient to irrigate it with a simple saline or boric lotion.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various

He says that the odour of the paint nauseates him, and the sight of the brushes.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky
It was almost as if the violets themselves lay close beneath the soil, and their odour had been too long kept under.
The Manxman|Hall Caine

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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单词	odour
释义	odour [ oh-der ] / ˈoʊ dər / noun Chiefly British. a variant of odor. Words nearby odour odorimetry, odoriphore, odorize, odor of sanctity, odorous, odour, odour of sanctity, Odovacar, Odra, Odsbodikins, ODT Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for odour 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 He seems to think, poor man, that the odour has disgraced his boat. The Destroyer\|Burton Egbert Stevenson The earthy moisture of the soil and undergrowth was as the odour of a charnel-house. Haviland's Chum\|Bertram Mitford If the wound cavity be clean, and if there be no odour, it is sufficient to irrigate it with a simple saline or boric lotion. A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)\|Various He says that the odour of the paint nauseates him, and the sight of the brushes. The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci\|Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky It was almost as if the violets themselves lay close beneath the soil, and their odour had been too long kept under. The Manxman\|Hall Caine 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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