bleach

Nouns

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

Verbs

(v) remove color from
- The sun bleached the red shirt
bleach out, decolor, decolorise, decolorize, decolour, decolourise, decolourize, discolorise, discolorize, discolourise,
(v) make whiter or lighter
- bleach the laundry

Synonyms

bleach out decolor decolorise decolorize decolour decolourise decolourize discolorise discolorize discolourise blanching agent bleaching agent whitener

Words of close approximity

bleak blear bleat

bleary

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