Definitions for odour

odour o·dour

Spelling: [oh-der]
IPA: /ˈoʊ dər/

Odour is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in odour (dooru).

Definitions for odour

noun

  1. odor.
  2. the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell:
  3. a sensation perceived by the sense of smell; scent.
  4. an agreeable scent; fragrance.
  5. a disagreeable smell.
  6. a quality or property characteristic or suggestive of something:
  7. repute:
  8. Archaic. something that has a pleasant scent.

Origin of odour

1250-1300; Middle English Old French Latin

Examples for odour

There was an odour of pomade and vanilla that made me feel sick.

The oil will be found to have imbibed the odour of the flowers.

When the tomb of Saint Cecilia was opened an odour of roses came up from her coffin.

He buried his wet face in them, and inhaled, with delight, all the odour of wealth.

This was to roast beetroot on hot embers for the removal of the odour of garlic.

It filled my head, that muttering sound, like thick oily smoke from a fat-rendering vat or an odour of noisome decay.

From the empty field arose an odour like that of a newly mown meadow.

To one the sonata is a world of odour and beauty, to another of soothing only and sweetness.

He recognised the odour of the grass, the shadows of the planks, the holes in the wall.

The odour of the victuals seemed to thicken into a kind of smoke.

Word Value for odour
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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