ODOUR


Meaning of ODOUR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

body odour

lingering smell/aroma/odour

the lingering aroma of chocolate

pungent smell/aroma/odour etc

the pungent odour of garlic

rank smell/odour

the rank odour of sweat and urine

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

pungent

They couldn't detect the smell of cocaine through the more pungent odour of coffee.

The room smelt stale and musty with the pungent odour of the fat tallow candles placed on the desk.

strong

A strong odour of curry predominated.

The stewardess came down the aisle, a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration.

unpleasant

There was an unpleasant odour blowing along our road all next day.

Local authorities in industrial Teesside received many complaints about an unpleasant odour resembling decaying fish.

■ NOUN

body

Body odour Like halitosis, body odour can be extremely unpleasant and embarrassing.

Aroma preference is also largely influenced by our body odour .

So, it could be goodbye to body odour - but only in the right room.

While on the subject of body odour , during the sixteenth century, valerian was a popular perfume.

If you suffer from body odour , the first thing you need to do is control your sweating.

After reports of Keanu's personal hygiene problem, much star bitching now focuses on body odour .

emission

This crust prevents odours escaping and hence reduces odour emission .

The survey also provided information as to the types of development most likely to be refused planning permission due to anticipated odour emission .

problem

It is an invaluable source of information to those attempting to prevent or seeking to abate odour problems .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

We immediately noticed the heavy odour of opium in the room.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And the odour can be carried as much as a mile away if the wind is blowing in that direction.

But the odour of the colourless liquid was of bitter almonds, acrid and terrifying.

Consequently, the more odorous molecules adsorbed, the more the odour is removed.

However, conditions may be attached to any site licence which may have the effect of preventing any odour pollution from arising.

I felt the shock of the old, of the Mummy smell, the atomised odour of atavism.

It smelt not only of mud and rotting materials, but also the unmistakable odour of human waste.

Left untreated, the disease produces massive skin folds, fissures and a weeping cauliflower surface that produces a terrible odour .

Von Frisch did not doubt the odour theory of how honeybees find food until the 1940s.

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