Plural of smell
regular plural
The plural of smell is smells.
Forms of smell
| Singular | smell /smɛl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | smells |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Smells in a sentence
- Ew, this restroom smells (loathsomely).
- A report smells of calumny.
- It smells like rain. Perhaps we should take along a bumbershoot.From the entry bumbershoot
- That potato salad smells a bit iffy. Don't chance it — it's not worth salmonellosis.From the entry iffy
- On his first trip to the circus, he was bedazed by the myriad colours, sounds and smells.From the entry bedaze
Meaning of smell
- noun A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
- noun The sense that detects odours.
- noun A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
Questions about the plural of smell
- What is the plural of smell?
- The plural of smell is smells.
- Is smell countable?
- Smell is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: smell (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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