WHITENER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitener mean? 

• WHITENER (noun)
  The noun WHITENER has 1 sense:

1. an agent that makes things white or colorless

  Familiarity information: WHITENER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITENER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent that makes things white or colorless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener

Hypernyms ("whitener" is a kind of...):

agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whitener"):

benzoyl peroxide (a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions)

bleaching powder; chloride of lime; chlorinated lime (a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect)

calcium hypochlorite (any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent)

chlorine dioxide (an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification)

chlorine water (an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent)

Clorox (a commercial bleaching agent)

sodium hypochlorite (an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant)

Holonyms ("whitener" is a substance of...):

bleach liquor (a solution containing bleaching agents that is used to bleach textiles or paper pulp)

liquid bleach (a solution containing bleaching agents; used for laundry)

Derivation:

whiten (turn white)