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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#m1)

2) Body odour (BO) is the bad smell of sweat on someone's body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x1)
- Wash with soap to stop body odour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x2)
- Carbon dioxide is a gas with no odour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x3)
- Natural gas is given a strong odour so that people notice leaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x4)
- The odour of fresh bread filled the kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x5)
- The skunk sprayed a horrible odour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x6)
- The blooming lychnis exhaled sweet odours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «odour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/odour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.