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dyestuff

US/ˈdaɪˌstʌf/

dyestuff noun: any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.

Noun

dyestuff (countable and uncountable, plural dyestuffs)

  1. Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
    • Except for the indigo, the dyebaths are steeped over heat to release their pigment and then strained to remove the dyestuff.2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 17

dyestuff meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

dyestuff in Tamil

சாயப் பொருள்கள்

dyestuff in Bengali

চুল

dyestuff in Malay

soluble pigment
pencelup

dyestuff in Indonesian

soluble pigment
pencelup

Forms of dyestuff

pluraldyestuffs

Origin of dyestuff

From dye + stuff.

Words formed from dyestuff

Questions about dyestuff

What does dyestuff mean?
Dyestuff means any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
What is dyestuff in Tamil?
Dyestuff in Tamil is சாயப் பொருள்கள். See Dyestuff meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dyestuff?
Dyestuff is a noun.
How do you pronounce dyestuff?
Dyestuff is pronounced /ˈdaɪˌstʌf/ (US).
What is the plural of dyestuff?
The plural of dyestuff is dyestuffs.

Words near dyestuff in the dictionary

  1. dyes
  2. dyes in the wool
  3. dyest
  4. dyester
  5. dyesters
  6. dyestuff
  7. dyestuffs
  8. dyet
  9. dyeth
  10. dyets
  11. Dyeus

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dyestuff (page history and authors); dyestuff (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dyestuff (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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