odour

CEFRB1

/ˈoʊdər/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A smell, especially one that is unpleasant.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    British standard spelling of odor.

Examples

  • Add rice wine before cooking to remove the unpleasant odour.

  • The odour was disagreeable.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. UK standard spelling of odor.

More examples

In context

  • So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After the flood, a damp and musty blank came from the basement.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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