odor

the American spelling of odour / odour 的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

odor• Activated charcoal, spread on a pan like baking soda, also alleviates an odor problem.• Neighbors had noticed a foul odor coming from the apartment.• The sulfur compounds, which were not further identified, were suspected of causing the onion-like odor toll takers have complained of.• To them, roach spray may simply carry a nasty odor.• Downtown Atlanta is normally an unhurried place where the noontime odor of fried chicken wafts through the thick humidity.• The mist was getting heavier; so, too, was the rank odor of damp earth.• You can only imagine how the heat intensified the odors of garbage, compost, and manure.• The odor of strong rum made a greasy pass through the room.• On entering the parish hall, he was surprised to smell the unmistakable odor of chicken noodle soup.

Origin odor

(1200-1300) Old French odour, from Latin odor

Chinese

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