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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•dor /ˈoʊdɚ/USA pronunciation n. - the property of a substance that acts on the sense of smell;
scent: [countable]: an unpleasant odor.[uncountable]full of odor.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] odour. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•dor (ō′dər),USA pronunciation n. - the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:to have an unpleasant odor.
- Physiologya sensation perceived by the sense of smell;
scent. - an agreeable scent;
fragrance. - a disagreeable smell.
- a quality or property characteristic or suggestive of something:An odor of suspicion surrounded his testimony.
- repute:in bad odor with the whole community.
- [Archaic.]something that has a pleasant scent.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] odour. - Latin
- Old French
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . aroma, redolence, perfume. Odor, smell, scent, stench all refer to sensations perceived through the nose by the olfactory nerves. Odor and smell in literal contexts are often interchangeable. Figuratively, odor also usually occurs in positive contexts:the odor of sanctity.Smell is the most general and neutral of these two terms, deriving connotation generally from the context in which it is used:the tempting smell of fresh-baked bread; the rank smell of rotting vegetation.In figurative contexts smell may be either positive or negative:the sweet smell of success; a strong smell of duplicity pervading the affair.Scent refers either to delicate and pleasing aromas or to faint, barely perceptible smells:the scent of lilacs on the soft spring breeze; deer alarmed by the scent of man.Stench is strongly negative, referring both literally and figuratively to what is foul, sickening, or repulsive:the stench of rotting flesh; steeped in the stench of iniquity and treason.
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