Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Odorous; fragrant; sweet-scented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Yielding odors; fragrant.
- noun An odorous substance
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any substance that has a distinctive
smell , especially one added to something (such as household gas) forsafety purposes - adjective Having an
odour /odour
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Examples
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And the odor which the natural wood tree emits - why we can even replace it with a squirt or two of odorant from a plastic bottle.
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Aux Sable Liquid Products said in a letter to public safety officials dated Sept. 8 and obtained by the Associated Press that the odorant is typically added at its Morris, Ill., plant.
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"If odorant is absent, however, it is less likely that a propane leak will be detected."
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"The lack of odorant is not itself dangerous," Aux Sable Vice President Katherine Dodds wrote in the letter.
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The sniff begins with muscles in the nostrils straining to draw a current of air into them—this allows a large amount of any air-based odorant to enter the nose.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Urination, as we saw earlier, is the means of odorant communication most conspicuous to us.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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The propane lacks proper levels of an odorant additive meant to alert consumers to propane gas leaks.
Recalled fire extinguishers and propane pose fire risks 2009
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The sniff begins with muscles in the nostrils straining to draw a current of air into them—this allows a large amount of any air-based odorant to enter the nose.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Consumers who believe they purchased the propane should contact their supplier or retailer to have their propane tested and to receive additional odorant as needed.
Recalled fire extinguishers and propane pose fire risks 2009
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Urination, as we saw earlier, is the means of odorant communication most conspicuous to us.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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