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mercerized

mercerized is the simple past and past participle of mercerize.

Meaning of mercerize

Verb

mercerize (third-person singular simple present mercerizes, present participle mercerizing, simple past and past participle mercerized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.

Questions about mercerized

What is mercerized the simple past and past participle of?
Mercerized is the simple past and past participle of mercerize.

Words near mercerized in the dictionary

  1. mercerises
  2. mercerising
  3. mercerization
  4. mercerizations
  5. mercerize
  6. mercerized
  7. mercerizer
  8. mercerizers
  9. mercerizes
  10. mercerizing
  11. Merceron

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