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odor

Pronunciation: [ˈoʊdər]

Word

Context: “sensation”

(noun) a smell that you can sense with your nose. Odors can be good, like the smell of cookies baking, or bad, like the smell of trash.

Example

The odor of fresh flowers made the room feel cheerful.

Example

The odor from the garbage was so bad that we had to keep the windows closed.

Example

What odor do you like the most?

Context: “chemistry”

(noun) a particular smell caused by certain chemicals or substances. In science, we talk about odors to understand how different things smell and why.

Example

The scientist studied the odor released by the chemicals during the reaction.

Example

The odor that came from the experiment was not pleasant at all.

Example

Which chemical reaction produced the strongest odor?

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