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How do you use Odorant in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Odorant in a sentence

Odorant meaning

Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes

Using Odorant

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes
  • In the example corpus, odorant often appears in combinations such as: the odorant, odorant that.

Context around Odorant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

release 1×

Often after:

added 1× cues 1× substance 1× overpowers 1×

Sentence patterns with Odorant

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

gas the odorant added often 1× o odorant substance that 1× rats release odorant cues that 1× the odorant that s 1× when one odorant overpowers the 1× which an odorant that is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

for example stressed 1× lebel also notes 1× o odorant substance 1× situations in which 1× the odorant that 1× this is caused 1×

Common sentence endings:

natural gas industry 1× of the signal 1× sensation of another 1× sense of smell 1× the terminal monday 1× to the leak 1×

Words around Odorant

Just before it in the word index:

odor 269 odop 2 odoom 3 odoo 2 odonwodo 4 odontochelys 2

Just after it in the word index:

odorata 2 odoriferous 4 odorizzi 31 odorkor 3 odorless 46 odorous 12

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Odorant

  • In this selection, "odorant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, release, added, cues and substance stand out and add context to how "odorant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include gas the odorant added often and o odorant substance that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "odorant" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with odorant

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

O Odorant substance that stimulates the sense of smell. (9 words)

The odorant that’s added to petroleum products leaked at the terminal Monday. (13 words)

This is caused by odor masking, when one odorant overpowers the sensation of another. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

Situations in which an odorant that is added to natural gas can be detected by analytical instrumentation, but cannot be properly detected by an observer with a normal sense of smell, have occurred in the natural gas industry. (38 words)

Lebel also notes that in natural gas, the odorant added often may not be strong enough to alert people to the leak. (22 words)

For example, stressed rats release odorant cues that cause other rats to move away from the source of the signal. (20 words)

Example sentences (6)

Lebel also notes that in natural gas, the odorant added often may not be strong enough to alert people to the leak.

The odorant that’s added to petroleum products leaked at the terminal Monday.

For example, stressed rats release odorant cues that cause other rats to move away from the source of the signal.

O Odorant substance that stimulates the sense of smell.

Situations in which an odorant that is added to natural gas can be detected by analytical instrumentation, but cannot be properly detected by an observer with a normal sense of smell, have occurred in the natural gas industry.

This is caused by odor masking, when one odorant overpowers the sensation of another.

Common combinations with odorant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "odorant" in a sentence?
An example: "Lebel also notes that in natural gas, the odorant added often may not be strong enough to alert people to the leak." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "odorant" from authentic English texts.
What does "odorant" mean?
Odorant means: Any substance that has a distinctive smell, especially one added to something (such as household gas) for safety purposes
How many example sentences with "odorant" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "odorant", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.