Meaning | An agent that makes things white or colorless. |
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Synonyms | bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent |
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Narrower | Clorox | A commercial bleaching agent |
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benzoyl peroxide | A white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions |
bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime | A white powder comprised of calcium ... / calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect |
calcium hypochlorite | Any hypochlorite of calcium |
chlorine dioxide | An explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification |
chlorine water | An aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent |
sodium hypochlorite | An unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant |
Broader | agent | A substance that exerts some force or effect |
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Substance of | bleach liquor | A solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp |
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liquid bleach | A solution containing bleaching agents |
Spanish | agente blanqueador, blanqueador, lejía |
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Catalan | lleixiu |
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Verbs | whiten | turn white |
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