bleach
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3.3
- noun
- /bliːtʃ/
:
lejía
- Carefully clean the shower/bath and floor with bleach where you walk barefoot.
- chlorine bleach
- liquid bleach
- household bleach
I can't believe I'm saying this, but don't drink bleach, OK?
- I can't believe I'm saying this, but don't drink bleach, OK?
- Now, he was the first man to put bleach in plastic bottles.
- All right, Said don't mix bleach with anything but water.
- I sniffed my potting mix and I smelled bleach.
- And I will say, don't you ever be afraid of bleach, people.
- And the closest thing to him was a bottle of bleach.
- And I was packing it, you know, vacuum sealing it, you know, dipping it in bleach and in coffee.
Examples
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All hazardous liquids, such as bleach, should be stored in a lockable cupboard.
Academic text (2014) -
The cleaning crew used bleach to sanitize the bathroom.
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The front has less bleach, the back has more bleach.
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Hey, use some bleach on that, Frank.
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We have to clean with bleach.
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"No," she said to the younger woman, "you put the bleach in during the wash cycle."
Fiction book (1993) -
Clothing will be destroyed if direct contact is made with straight bleach solution.
Academic text (1998) -
My mom uses color-safe bleach.
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Chipotle Grill wants you to know that its napkins are made without bleach and from 90 percent post-consumer recycled paper.
Academic text (2009) -
To remove stubborn stains, always dilute bleach with water before use.
Synonyms
2
3.8
A substance that makes teeth or clothes look lighter
1
3.7
A chemical used to make things white or remove their color
A chemical that removes color from food and cloth to make them white
A strong liquid used on clothes or surfaces to make them white and kill germs
A white powder used to bleach clothes and to kill germs
A strong liquid that makes cloth or paper whiter
Antonyms
Compounds
How Strong
- Specialized
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7.4
49
3.3
- Specialized
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3.0
108
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bleach comes from an old English word blāc meaning 'pale' or 'white' and is related to the English word blank, which once meant 'white'. So a bleach is a chemical used to make things white or colorless.