HyperDic: whitening

English > 1 sense of the word whitening:
NOUNactwhitening, lighteningchanging to a lighter color / color
whitening > pronunciation
Soundshhway'tihnihng; hhway'tnihng; way'tihnihng; way'tnihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > whitening: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningchanging to a lighter color / color.
Synonymlightening
NarrowerbleachThe act of whitening something by bleaching / bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)
Broaderchange of colorAn act that changes the light that something reflects
Spanishblanqueo
Catalanblanqueig
Verbswhitenturn white

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