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odorant - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun smell , especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposesadjective odour / odour
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And the odor which the natural wood tree emits - why we can even replace it with a squirt or two of odorant from a plastic bottle.
A Little Touch Of Home 2008
Aux Sable Liquid Products said in a letter to public safety officials dated Sept. 8 and obtained by the Associated Press that the odorant is typically added at its Morris, Ill., plant.
Md., Va. warned about faulty propane 2010
"If odorant is absent, however, it is less likely that a propane leak will be detected."
Md., Va. warned about faulty propane 2010
"The lack of odorant is not itself dangerous," Aux Sable Vice President Katherine Dodds wrote in the letter.
Md., Va. warned about faulty propane 2010
The sniff begins with muscles in the nostrils straining to draw a current of air into them—this allows a large amount of any air-based odorant to enter the nose.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
Urination, as we saw earlier, is the means of odorant communication most conspicuous to us.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
The propane lacks proper levels of an odorant additive meant to alert consumers to propane gas leaks.
Recalled fire extinguishers and propane pose fire risks 2009
The sniff begins with muscles in the nostrils straining to draw a current of air into them—this allows a large amount of any air-based odorant to enter the nose.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
Consumers who believe they purchased the propane should contact their supplier or retailer to have their propane tested and to receive additional odorant as needed.
Recalled fire extinguishers and propane pose fire risks 2009
Urination, as we saw earlier, is the means of odorant communication most conspicuous to us.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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