odour

chiefly British spelling of odor

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“Odour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odour. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.

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odour, odoured, odourless

chiefly British variant of odor, odored, odorless

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