noun
- a distinctive smell, especially an unpleasant one
Usage: British spelling
Examples
- The odour of rotting fish filled the air near the harbor.
- She detected a strange odour coming from the basement.
- The garbage bin gave off a terrible odour in the summer heat.
- There was a faint odour of gas in the kitchen.
- The odour of fresh paint lingered in the newly renovated room.
- He wrinkled his nose at the unpleasant odour.