odour

«odour» in Mova's school dictionary: a smell, often an unpleasant one: "a strange odour came… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an odour, odours) — UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland spelling; odor in the USA

meaning for a pupil

1) An odour is a smell, often an unpleasant one: "a strange odour came from the bin". tree →

2) Body odour (BO) is the bad smell of sweat on someone's body. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, odour is one of the properties used to describe materials; some gases have no odour, so smell is not a safe test (gas companies add an odour to cooking gas so leaks can be noticed). In health lessons, washing stops body odour. Phrases: body odour, a strong odour, odourless, a faint odour.

examples

• A nasty odour came from the old fridge. tree →
• Wash with soap to stop body odour. tree →
• Carbon dioxide is a gas with no odour. tree →
• Natural gas is given a strong odour so that people notice leaks. tree →
• The odour of fresh bread filled the kitchen. tree →
• The skunk sprayed a horrible odour. tree →
• The blooming lychnis exhaled sweet odours. tree →

note

Spelling: odour (UK and others) vs odor (USA). Adjective: odourless (no smell). Odour usually suggests a bad smell; "scent" and "fragrance" are pleasant smells. Safety: if you smell gas, leave and tell an adult — do not switch lights on or off.

In the corpora

• "Body odour" (BO) is the polite name for the smell of sweat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «odour» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.