whitener

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Noun

TANDA HUBUNG

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun whitener has 1 sense

whitener(n = noun.substance) blanching agent, bleach, bleaching agent - an agent that makes things white or colorless; Array

has particulars: benzoyl peroxide, bleaching powder, chloride of lime, chlorinated lime, calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, chlorine water, clorox, sodium hypochlorite

is a kind of agent

Derived form verb whiten₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

whitener, n.

One who, or that which, whitens; a bleaching agent; a bleach; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher. [1913 Webster]
A chemical used as an adjunct to laundering white cloth, which makes white cloth appear whiter. A bluing agent. [PJC]