name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
whitener
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: W AY1 T N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AY1 T N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A person employed to whiten or bleach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
an agent that makes things white or colorless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agent
Narrower terms: benzoyl peroxide, bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime, calcium hypochlorite, chlorine dioxide, chlorine water, Clorox, sodium hypochlorite
History
Etymology
From whiten + -er.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: белина (belina) — any substance used to whiten something
- French: blanchissant — any substance used to whiten something
- Galician: branquexador — any substance used to whiten something
- Portuguese: branqueador — any substance used to whiten something
- Spanish: blanqueador — any substance used to whiten something
- Danish: pulverfløde — powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk
- Tagalog: pampaputi — powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk
- Thai: ครีมเทียม (kriim-tiiam) — powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk
- Turkish: kahve beyazlatıcı — powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk
- Turkish: süt tozu — powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk