Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A cleansing substance that acts similarly to soap but is made from chemical compounds rather than fats and lye.
- adj. Having cleansing power.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Cleansing; purging.
- n. Anything that cleanses.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Cleansing; purging.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension
- n. a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering
- adj. having cleansing power
Examples
“Next, a cup of water containing the detergent is added.”
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“If the detergent is that harsh, it sounds like we should be coating our dishes completely with food before putting them into the dishwasher.”
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“Completely cutting the use of detergent is enticing from both ecological and economic standpoints, but how exactly does the GreenWashBall work, and can it up to its claims?”
“This reference helped differentiate (Gain's) liquid detergent from the liquid softener.”
“My guess .... the suggestion of using special HE detergent is only to sell more product.”
“I still remember the excitement of getting to help with that massive project – I was the one who carried the bowls of whipped detergent from the kitchen mixer to my father in the living room, and each and every year I always tasted it once.”
“A wok – also from asian supermarket (spun springy steel) (never from Myer or DJs or wherever) once properly seasoned and never washed in detergent or with other than a brush might last a lifetime too!”
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“Cleanut laundry detergent is available in the US through Amazon. comin a case (6 bottles) or a package of two bottles.”
“The Laundress, a line of premium fabric care products provides detergents for superior fabrics, from wool/cashmere shampoo to baby detergent, is extending the luxury laundry concept to consumers all over the United States.”
“Sales of private-label detergent rose 12% over the 52-weeks ended Sept. 6, to $189 million, according to market-data company Information Resources Inc., or IRI.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘detergent’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
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TECH - department store terms
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SCIE - noun-noun collocations
The collocations below consist of nouns only. Noun-noun collocations are extremely frequent in science (just think of the names of species, chemical compounds or "scientist+invention" type collocat...
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Monovocalics
Words that have only one of the vowels. On this list I include only words with at least three vowels. When I first started the list, if a word had several forms, I generally listed only the one wit...
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Sat Vocabulary List
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL D
dais, dalliance, dank, daunt, daunting, dawdled, dearth, debacle, debase, debauchery, debilitate, debonair and 141 more...
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Funny People (2009)
Words from 2009 'Funny People' film.
frenzy, mousy, antsy, flaky, stutter, twitch, purse, gullible, hatred, dum-dum, jack off, vanquish and 16 more...
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Laundry List
clothes, laundry, washer, dryer, detergent, lint, basket, hamper, bleach, clothespin, clothesline, laundromat and 10 more...
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