detergent
Meaning of detergent
- a water-soluble cleansing agent which combines with impurities and dirt to make them more soluble, and differs from soap in not forming a scum with the salts in hard water.
liquid detergents
packets of detergent
- relating to detergents or their action.
staining that resists detergent action
early 17th century (as an adjective): from Latin detergent- ‘wiping away’, from the verb detergere, from de- ‘away from’ + tergere ‘to wipe’.
Information about detergent
- The plural form of detergent is: detergents.
- Languages in which detergent is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of detergent
de-ter-gent
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- detergent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
detergent synonyms
Meaning detersive:
Meaning a person employed to clean the interior of a building:
Meaning a substance that cleanses something, especially a cosmetic product for cleansing the skin:
Meaning the action of making something clean, especially the inside of a house:
Meaning intended to clean something thoroughly, especially the skin:
Translation of detergent
- French: détergent
- Italian: detergente
- Portuguese: detergentes
- Spanish: detergente
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