noun
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
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she loved the smell of roses
• Syn: ↑smell, ↑odor, ↑odour, ↑olfactory sensation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑odourise (for: ↑odour), ↑odorize (for: ↑odor), ↑smell (for: ↑smell)
• Hypernyms: ↑sensation, ↑esthesis, ↑aesthesis, ↑sense experience, ↑sense impression, ↑sense datum
• Hyponyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.