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Definition of "sense of smell" []

  • The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "sense of smell" in a sentence
  • "That FETID thing is not worth the trouble of reading, I didn't finish it, one turns away from such things, one does not spoil one's sense of smell by breathing them."
  • "Claws and teeth grew, sprouting long and sharp, and my already heightened sense of smell intensified."
  • "The Ogier might have no sense of smell to speak of — well, no better than Faile's, say — but he could sense mood where no human would see anything."