distinctive smell

collocation in English

meaningsofdistinctiveandsmell

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distinctive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/us
/dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/
Something that is distinctive is easy to recognize because it is different from ...
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smell
noun
uk
/smel/us
/smel/
the characteristic of something that can be recognized or noticed using ...
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(Definition ofdistinctiveandsmellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Gas supplied to the public must by law have adistinctivesmelland chemical odorants are added to ensure this.
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The law already provides that gas must have adistinctivesmell.
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One of the difficulties is that a firm in this area manufactures odours to give natural gas adistinctivesmellwhich otherwise it would not have.
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As described by the soldiers it had adistinctivesmellof a mixture between pepper and pineapple.
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The gas had adistinctivesmell, like pineapple and pepper.
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It tends to have has a strong taste and adistinctivesmell; more recently producers have made varieties whose aroma is somewhat suppressed.
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The beach and canal frequently suffer from litter pollution and the canal has adistinctivesmellresulting from the backflow of seaweed.
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Its white bark gives away a certaindistinctivesmelland bitter taste.
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The highlydistinctivesmellhas been described as reminiscent of fenugreek, with a mild taste.
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It has adistinctivesmellwhen used as a fuel, which allowed police to catch people using drip gas illegally.
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Together with the breweries this can give the area adistinctivesmell.
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Both mills were in remote locations, possibly because of thedistinctivesmellthat would have been prevalent.
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It still had thedistinctivesmellof narezushi.
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The 8-track studio, a former garage, was famous for its great atmosphere, cold temperatures,distinctivesmelland excellent recordings.
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The small fruiting bodies bear adistinctivesmellof coal gas and appear in autumn on damp ground.
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It is a component of some varnishes and itsdistinctivesmellis easily recognizable in a luthier's shop.
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The flesh lacks any strong ordistinctivesmellor taste, and is described in the original description as fungoid.
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Some observers described it having a strong anddistinctivesmell, others described a faint, clean, animal odour, and some no odour at all.
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It has adistinctivesmellsaid to be of bedbugs or of wet laundry.
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The valley is particularly beautiful in springtime when it is covered with anemones and ramsons with theirdistinctivesmell.
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