1. Any property detected by the olfactory system
   "The wine's fruity aroma was its most distinctive odor";
   - olfactory property, smell, aroma, odour [Brit, Cdn], scent
    
2. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
   "she loved the odor of roses";
   - smell, odour [Brit, Cdn], olfactory sensation, olfactory perception

Derived forms: odors

See also: inodorous, odorless [US], odorous, odourless [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: aesthesis, esthesis [US], property, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression

Encyclopedia: Odor