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odorise

odorise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of odorize.

Meaning of odorize

Verb

odorize (third-person singular simple present odorizes, present participle odorizing, simple past and past participle odorized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To add an odorant to (especially a gas, so that leaks can be more easily detected).
    Synonyms:
    aromatize, scent

Forms of odorise

third-person singular presentodorises
present participleodorising
past participleodorised
pastodorised

Origin of odorise

From odor + -ise.

Words formed from odorise

Questions about odorise

What is odorise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Odorise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of odorize.

Words near odorise in the dictionary

  1. odoriferousness
  2. odorific
  3. odorimeter
  4. odorimeters
  5. odorimetry
  6. odorise
  7. odorised
  8. odoriser
  9. odorisers
  10. odorises
  11. odorising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: odorise (page history and authors); odorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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