| NOUN | substance | builder, detergent builder | a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | builder | a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country | |
| person | builder, constructor | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) |
| Sounds | bih'lder | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action. | |
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| Synonym | detergent builder | |
| Narrower | sodium pyrophosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate | A sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents |
| sodium tripolyphosphate | A sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents | |
| trisodium phosphate, trisodium orthophosphate, tribasic sodium phosphate | The tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents | |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
| Verbs | build | improve the cleansing action of |
| Meaning | A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country. | |
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| Example | "empire builder" | |
| Broader | creator | A person who grows or makes or invents / invents things |
| Meaning | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building). | |
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| Synonym | constructor | |
| Narrower | boatbuilder | A person who builds boats |
| contractor | someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things | |
| homebuilder, home-builder, housebuilder, house-builder | someone who builds houses as a business | |
| jerry-builder | someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit | |
| road builder | someone whose business is to build roads | |
| shipbuilder, ship builder | A person who builds ships as a business | |
| Broader | contractor | (law) a party to a contract |
| Spanish | constructora, constructor | |
| Catalan | constructor | |
| Verbs | build | make by combining materials and parts |
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