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

Derived forms: odours

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

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

Encyclopedia: Odour