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unbleached

unbleached

3.7
A fabric, hair, or flour that keeps its natural color and is not whitened by chemicals
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbliːtʃt/
translation icon : sin blanquear
  • One heaping cup of unbleached all-purpose flour.

And then you see these grains that have, they have whole wheat, they have wheat, they have unbleached.

Examples

  • Muslin is a cheap unbleached undyed cotton basket weave.

  • So this is my natural virgin undyed, unbleached, unprocessed hair.

  • This is just unbleached raw sugar.

  • Actually, I went to both and I could not find the unbleached King Arthur flour or any unbleached flour.

  • They're free of pesticides, herbicides, they are unprocessed, unbleached, and they're compostable.

  • This is just unbleached raw sugar.

  • Actually, I went to both and I could not find the unbleached King Arthur flour or any unbleached flour.

  • So this is my natural virgin undyed, unbleached, unprocessed hair.

Synonyms

uncolored
vsunbleached
  • US
1 3.8

In a natural state with no added dye

means absence of chemical whitening specifically not only lack of added dye
greige
vsunbleached
  • Specialized
9.0

Cloth that has not been bleached or finished before dyeing

focuses specifically on absence of chemical whitening rather than general unfinished state
undyed
vsunbleached
3.5

Cloth, hair, or wool that keeps its natural color with no added color

is about not being whitened chemically rather than lacking color treatment
unblanched
vsunbleached
8.6

Not boiled briefly to remove skin or soften food

concerns absence of chemical whitening rather than absence of brief boiling

Antonyms

bleached
1 2.5

Very pale because sunlight or chemicals removed its color

How Bleached

bleached
1 2.5
unbleached
3.7
natural
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

unbleached positive

Morphology

unbleached = bleached (transparent) = un + bleach + ed

The meaning is clearly derived from 'bleached' with the prefix 'un-' indicating negation.

Etymology

Unbleached is made of un- 'not' and bleach, which comes from an old word meaning 'to make white'. So, unbleached means something that has not been made whiter or lighter by chemicals, like natural fabric or hair.