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Meaning of smell-o-meter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

That which registers the magnitude of odor.

informal

Examples

“Perhaps the American Library Association should commission high tech wizards to develop a "smell-o-meter" which could standardize our judgments.”
“1997 May 7, William Greene, misc.fitness.weights, Usenet Somebody needs to invent a "smell-o-meter" for gyms”
“In other words, the wolf scent that is old, though it registers on the deer’s “smell-o-meter,” causes a far different behavioral reaction than one that is fresh.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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