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odorize

odorize verb: to add an odorant to (especially a gas, so that leaks can be more easily detected).

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

Synonyms of odorize

Antonyms

Forms of odorize

third-person singular presentodorizes
present participleodorizing
past participleodorized
pastodorized
alternative formodorise

Origin of odorize

From odor + -ize.

Words formed from odorize

Questions about odorize

What does odorize mean?
Odorize means to add an odorant to (especially a gas, so that leaks can be more easily detected).
What part of speech is odorize?
Odorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of odorize?
The past tense of odorize is odorized.

Words near odorize in the dictionary

  1. odorises
  2. odorising
  3. odorivector
  4. odorivectors
  5. odorization
  6. odorize
  7. odorized
  8. odorizer
  9. odorizers
  10. odorizes
  11. odorizing

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