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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant;
[syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stench \Stench\, v. t. To stanch. [Obs.] --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stench \Stench\, n. [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.] 1. A smell; an odor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stench \Stench\, v. 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. [Obs.] --Young. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stench n 1: a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant [syn: malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis]