Bleach - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bliːtʃ|  American pronunciation of the word bleach
Brit.  |bliːtʃ|  British pronunciation of the word bleach

noun

- the whiteness that results from removing the color from something
a complete bleach usually requires several applications
- an agent that makes things white or colorless (syn: whitener)
- the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

verb

- remove color from (syn: decolor, decolorize, decolour, decolourize)
The sun bleached the red shirt
- make whiter or lighter
bleach the laundry

Extra examples

She bleached her hair blonde.

She bleached her hair blond.

The wood had been bleached by the sun.

The sun bleached the red shirt

...the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach...

...mixing bleach and ammonia can cause noxious fumes that can seriously harm you...

He dropped the bottle and bleach splashed onto the floor.

...the bleach left a small white splotch on my shirt...

Bleach will whiten the linens.

Bleach kills household germs.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bleach
he/she/it: bleaches
present participle: bleaching
past tense: bleached
past participle: bleached
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