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bleaching powders

bleaching powders is the plural of bleaching powder.

Meaning of bleaching powder

Noun

bleaching powder (countable and uncountable, plural bleaching powders)

  1. A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂.

Questions about bleaching powders

What is bleaching powders the plural of?
Bleaching powders is the plural of bleaching powder.

Words near bleaching powders in the dictionary

  1. bleachiest
  2. bleaching
  3. bleaching agent
  4. bleaching agents
  5. bleaching powder
  6. bleaching powders
  7. bleachings
  8. bleachjob
  9. bleachjobs
  10. bleachless
  11. bleachlike

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