Smell (Noun)
Meaning 1
The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
The act of perceiving the odor of something.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.
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Meaning 5
Any property detected by the olfactory system.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- Malodorousness
- Sweetness
- Fetidness
- Foulness
- Rancidness
- Redolence
- Rankness
- Muskiness
- Fragrancy
- Bouquet