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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