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stench

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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stench has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

stenchv. t. 
     To stanch.  Harvey.  [1913 Webster]
stenchn. [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.].
  •  A smell; an odor.  [1913 Webster]
    "Clouds of savory stench involve the sky."  [1913 Webster]
  •  An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]
Stench trap, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.
stenchv. t. [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench, n.].
     To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.  Young.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stench, n. an offensive or foul smell.

Idiom
stench trap a trap in a sewer etc. to prevent the upward passage of gas.
Etymology
OE stenc smell f. Gmc, rel. to STINK

THESAURUS

stench

aroma, bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, breath, bung, caulk, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, definite odor, detectable odor, effluvium, emanation, essence, exhalation, fetor, fill, fill up, flavor, foul, foul odor, fragrance, fume, funk, jam, mephitis, noisomeness, obstipate, obstruct, odor, pack, plug, plug up, redolence, reek, savor, scent, smell, spile, spoor, stanch, stay, stink, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, subtle odor, trace, trail, whiff

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Fetor

N fetor, bad, smell, bad odor, stench, stink, foul odor, malodor, empyreuma, mustiness, rancidity, foulness, stoat, polecat, skunk, assafoetida, fungus, garlic, stinkpot, fitchet, fitchew, fourmart, peccary, acridity, fetid, strong-smelling, high, bad, strong, fulsome, offensive, noisome, rank, rancid, reasty, tainted, musty, fusty, frouzy, olid, olidous, nidorous, smelling, stinking, putrid, suffocating, mephitic, empyreumatic.

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