bleach

Noun
  1. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something (synset 104968313)
    "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"
    is a type of: white, whiteness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
  2. An agent that makes things white or colorless (synset 114803364)
    is a type of: agent - a substance that exerts some force or effect
    subtypes:
    • benzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions
    • bleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime - a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
    • calcium hypochlorite - any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent
    • 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
    • clorox - a commercial bleaching agent
    • sodium hypochlorite - an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant
    substance meronym:
    • bleach liquor - a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp
    • liquid bleach - a solution containing bleaching agents; used for laundry
    same as: blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener
  3. The act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent) (synset 100274853)
    is a type of: lightening, whitening - changing to a lighter color
    subtypes: etiolation - (botany) the act of causing a plant to develop without chlorophyll by growing it without exposure to sunlight
Verb
  1. Remove color from (synset 200280592)
    "The sun bleached the red shirt"
    is a type of: discolor - cause to lose or change color
    same as: bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise
  2. Make whiter or lighter (synset 200280235)
    "bleach the laundry"
    is a type of: white, whiten - turn white
    subtypes: peroxide - bleach with peroxide

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