OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2431

smell

/smɛl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fato • olor
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
The penetrating smell of cabbage reached the nose of Toad as he lay prostrate in his misery on the floor, and gave him the idea for a moment that perhaps life was not such a blank…
olfato
The sense that detects odours.
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