malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis
(noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stench (plural stenches)
a strong foul smell, a stink
(figurative) a foul quality
(obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
• (disagreeable smell): stink, pong (Commonwealth)
• (disagreeable smell): aroma, fragrance, perfume
stench (third-person singular simple present stenches, present participle stenching, simple past and past participle stenched)
(obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
To stanch.
Source: Wiktionary
Stench, v. t.
Definition: To stanch. [Obs.] Harvey.
Stench, n. Etym: [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.]
1. A smell; an odor. [Obs.] Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. Dryden.
2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. Cowper. Stench trap, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.
Stench, v. t. Etym: [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench, n.]
Definition: To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.] Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
