Associations to the word «Stench»

Wiktionary

STENCH, noun. A strong foul smell, a stink
STENCH, noun. (figurative) a foul quality
STENCH, noun. (obsolete) A smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
STENCH, verb. (obsolete) To cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
STENCH, verb. To stanch.
STENCH TRAP, noun. A device to prevent foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.
STENCH TRAPS, noun. Plural of stench trap

Dictionary definition

STENCH, noun. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne