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Clorox

Clorox noun: bleach of the Clorox brand.

Noun

Clorox (uncountable)

  1. Bleach of the Clorox brand.
  2. (informal) Bleach in general, regardless of brand.

Verb

Clorox (third-person singular simple present Cloroxes, present participle Cloroxing, simple past and past participle Cloroxed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To sanitize with chemicals; to remove dirt from a place or object by means of chemicals.

Forms of Clorox

third-person singular presentCloroxes
present participleCloroxing
past participleCloroxed
pastCloroxed

Origin of Clorox

From the Clorox brand; a blend of chlorine + sodium hydroxide, its two main ingredients.

Questions about Clorox

What does Clorox mean?
Clorox means bleach of the Clorox brand.
What part of speech is Clorox?
Clorox can be a noun or a verb.

Words near Clorox in the dictionary

  1. Clorine
  2. clorixin
  3. clorobiocin
  4. cloroqualone
  5. clorotepine
  6. Clorox
  7. Cloroxed
  8. Cloroxes
  9. Cloroxing
  10. clorprenaline
  11. clorsulon

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