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decolor

decolor is the US spelling of decolour.

Meaning of decolour

Verb

decolour (third-person singular simple present decolours, present participle decolouring, simple past and past participle decoloured)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of colour; to bleach.

Forms of decolor

third-person singular presentdecolors
present participledecoloring
past participledecolored
pastdecolored

Questions about decolor

What is decolor the US spelling of?
Decolor is the US spelling of decolour.

Words near decolor in the dictionary

  1. decolonizations
  2. decolonize
  3. decolonized
  4. decolonizes
  5. decolonizing
  6. decolor
  7. decolorant
  8. decolorants
  9. decolorate
  10. decolorated
  11. decolorates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decolor (page history and authors); decolour (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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