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What is the noun for smell?

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smeller
  1. Someone or something that smells, that detects scent
  2. (informal) the nose
  3. (informal) something that has an unpleasant odor
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Buttons landed four blows, one on each peeper, one on the smeller, and one on the mug.”
      “The time between whiffs depends on the distance between the smeller and the source of the smell.”
      “Relatives can be distinguished from non-relatives, even to the extent of understanding who is genetically different enough from the smeller to be a good choice of mate.”
smell
  1. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
  2. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The smell of freshly baked bread reminds me of my childhood.”
      “He had not showered for days, and the smell of his natural bodily excretions would permeate his home.”
      “The mahogany-lined boardroom projected a discernible smell of power and influence.”
smellies
  1. (informal, Britain) Pleasant-smelling toiletries.
  2. (informal, Britain, as "the smellies") Cinema enhanced with odours.
smelly
  1. (firearms, informal) a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.
smelliness
  1. The state or quality of being smelly.
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    1. “The cities of the country differ from one another only in degrees of sootiness, smelliness, noisiness and crowdedness.”
      “I smell because I have damp jeans on and the smelliness of the house is now transferring on to me.”
      “Lifebuoy eventually lost its allure in Britain, perhaps because buying it came to be seen as an admission of smelliness.”
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