MEANING
Relating to the sense of smell.
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Words that belong together
- olfactory memory
- olfactory cue
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An olfactory cue drew her toward the closed pantry.
His olfactory memory preserved the workshop more clearly than its photographs.
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Word forms
- Base
- olfactory
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable as a sensory or musical relation; comparisons require a meaningful context. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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