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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An unstable salt, NaOCl, usually stored in solution and used as a fungicide and an oxidizing bleach.

Wiktionary

  1. n. chemistry The unstable sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, NaOCl, used as a bleach and a fungicide

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant

Examples

  • “A textile processing plant in Mississippi State was pumping chemicals into the river, sodium hydroxide and sodium hypochlorite and chlorine, all mixing with the river water and forming a deadly acidic cocktail.”

    Killing Floor

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hypernyms (9)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. blanching agent
  1. bleach
  1. hypochlorite
  1. disinfectant
  1. germicide
  1. whitener
  1. antimicrobic
  1. antimicrobial
  1. bleaching agent

hyponyms (3)

Words that are more specific

  1. eau de javelle
  1. Javelle water
  1. javel water

reverse dictionary (13)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. Javelle water
  2. eau de javelle
  1. javel water
  2. clorox
  1. labarraque's liquor
  2. disinfectant
  1. labarraque's solution
  2. chlorozone
  1. Dakin's solution
  2. antichlor
  1. electrozone
  2. hypo-eliminator
  1. urea

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