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odour

[oh-der]

o·dour

[oh-der]
noun Chiefly British.
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odour or odor (ˈəʊdə)
 
n
1.  the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell
2.  a pervasive quality about something: an odour of dishonesty
3.  repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour)
 
[C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein]
 
odor or odor
 
n
 
[C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein]
 
'odourless or odor
 
adj
 
'odorless or odor
 
adj

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odour

the property of certain substances, in very small concentrations, to stimulate chemical sense receptors that sample the air or water surrounding an animal. In insects and other invertebrates and in aquatic animals, the perception of small chemical concentrations often merges with perception via contact of heavy concentrations (taste), and with other chemoreceptive specializations. See also smell.

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