sense of smell
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2.8
- noun
- /sɛns əv smɛl/
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olfato
- Dogs are known for their incredible sense of smell, which they use for tracking scents.
- an acute sense of smell
- develop a sense of smell
So yeah, to this day, no sense of taste, no sense of smell really.
- So yeah, to this day, no sense of taste, no sense of smell really.
- And so women have a more acute sense of smell than men do.
- Would you rather have that intense sense of smell or sight?
- So they go through all of their senses, the sense of smell, taste and all of that stuff.
- Your, your sense of taste will come back, your sense of smell will come back.
- All cats have an intense, sensitive sense of smell.
- And it's the sense of smell that connects those two moments in Benji's mind.
- But The thing is, I didn't know I had no sense of smell.
- He was the first to do this research where he was trying to understand why women's sense of smell is so much more acute than men's.
Examples
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I knew he could no longer see clearly and relied primarily on his sense of smell and sound.
Fiction book (2000) -
And so women have a more acute sense of smell than men do.
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So yeah, to this day, no sense of taste, no sense of smell really.
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Your, your sense of taste will come back, your sense of smell will come back.
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Sorry, my sense of smell is just really strong right now.
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Ever since he lost his sense of smell, he could never eat dry dog food anymore.
Fiction book (1999) -
Every dog has a sense of smell thousands of times more powerful than yours or mine.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I just need to sit and breathe until my sense of smell comes back," he said to Ray.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's a really great personal inquiry into the loss of the sense of smell and what how smell and taste are related to each other.
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Would you rather have that intense sense of smell or sight?
Synonyms
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1.0
The ability to notice and recognize scents with the nose
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8.4
The sense that lets you smell and tell smells apart
The sense that lets people smell and tell different scents apart
A very strong sense of smell that notices faint scents
Antonyms
- Specialized
A condition where you cannot smell things like smoke or perfume
How Keen
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'sense of smell' is directly compositional: 'sense' (a faculty) combined with 'smell' (the ability to detect odors) yields the ability to perceive odors, and 'of' merely links the two nouns. This structure and meaning are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the phrase's meaning.
Etymology
Sense of smell comes from a simple image: sense is the power to notice and smell is what the nose finds, so it means 'the ability to notice and tell different smells'.