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olfactory

ol·fac·to·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ol-fak-tuh-ree, -tree, ohl-]
    • /ɒlˈfæk tə ri, -tri, oʊl-/
    • /ɒlˈfæk.tər.i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ol-fak-tuh-ree, -tree, ohl-]
    • /ɒlˈfæk tə ri, -tri, oʊl-/

Definitions of olfactory word

  • adjective olfactory of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs. 1
  • noun plural olfactory Usually, olfactories. an olfactory organ. 1
  • noun plural olfactory olfactory nerve. 1
  • noun olfactory Of or relating to the sense of smell. 1
  • adjective olfactory related to sense of smell 1
  • adjective olfactory Olfactory means concerned with the sense of smell. 0
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Origin of olfactory

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Latin olfactōrius, equivalent to olfac(ere) to smell at, sniff (ol(ēre) to smell (akin to odor) + facere to make, do) + -tōrius -tory1

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Parts of speech for Olfactory

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Olfactory

olfactory popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for olfactory

adjective olfactory

  • aromatic — An aromatic plant or food has a strong, pleasant smell of herbs or spices.
  • balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
  • dank — A dank place, especially an underground place such as a cave, is unpleasantly damp and cold.
  • fetid — having an offensive odor; stinking.
  • foetid — having an offensive odor; stinking.
All 74 Synonyms of olfactory

Antonyms for olfactory

adjective olfactory

  • odorless — the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: to have an unpleasant odor.
  • odourless — Having no odour.
All 2 Antonyms of olfactory

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Related words

  • olfactory bulb

    the enlarged terminal part of each olfactory lobe from which the olfactory nerve originates.

  • olfactory lobe

    the anterior part of each cerebral hemisphere, involved with olfactory functions.

  • anosmia

    loss of the sense of smell, usually as the result of a lesion of the olfactory nerve, disease in another organ or part, or obstruction of the nasal passages

  • cranial nerve

    any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull

  • ethmoid

    A square bone at the root of the nose, forming part of the cranium, and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

  • jacobson's organ

    either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
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