ODORLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does odorless mean? 

• ODORLESS (adjective)
  The adjective ODORLESS has 1 sense:

1. having no odor

  Familiarity information: ODORLESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ODORLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having no odor

Synonyms:

inodorous; odorless; odourless

Context example:

odorless flowers

Similar:

non-aromatic (not aromatic)

scentless (emitting or holding no odor)

Attribute:

aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)

Antonym:

odorous (having odor or a characteristic odor)

 Context examples 

A yellowish, odorless, viscous, oily carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbon.

(Chlorinated Paraffin, NCI Thesaurus)

Slightly viscous, colorless and odorless liquid cyclic ether.

(Glycidol, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, odorless phosphorus-containing inorganic acid.

(Phosphoric acid, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, odorless crystalline, aromatic amine with a bitter taste.

(Amitrole, NCI Thesaurus)

Colorless, odorless, flammable, toxic gaseous cyclic ether with a sweet ether-like smell.

(Ethylene oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

If heated, it is a colorless, odorless gas.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

An odorless, corrosive, oily liquid with an onion-like odor that emits toxic fumes upon heating.

(Dimethyl Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

A very stable, colorless, odorless, synthetic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon that is a degradation product of Mirex.

(Chlordecone, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, odorless, incombustible gas resulting from the oxidation of carbon.

(Carbon dioxide, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, odorless, crystalline amide that polymerizes rapidly and can form as a byproduct during the heating of starch-rich foods to high temperatures.

(Acrylamide, NCI Thesaurus)