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How to pronounce “smell”

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Pronunciation guide for smell

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of smell with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Overcome Negative Thoughtsand what does our food really taste like and smell like?
Definition summary
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.

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How to pronounce smell

Overcome Negative Thoughts

and what does our food really taste like and smell like?

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “smell”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
  • (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
  • A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  • (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
  • (obsolete) To give heed to.

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