verb, noun
verb to make sth white or pale by a chemical process or by the effect of sunlight; to become white or pale in this way:
[VN] His hair was bleached by the sun. * bleached cotton / paper * [VN-ADJ] She bleached her hair blonde. * [V] bones of animals bleaching in the sun
noun [U,C] a chemical that is used to make sth become white or pale and as a DISINFECTANT (= to prevent infection from spreading)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for bleach is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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