Definitions for bleaches

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bleaches bleach

Spelling: [bleech]

IPA: /blitʃ/

Bleaches is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 277 anagrams from letters in bleaches (abceehls).

Definitions for bleaches

noun

1. a bleaching agent.
2. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.
3. an act of bleaching.

verb (used with object)

1. to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
2. Photography. to convert (the silver image of a negative or print) to a silver halide, either to remove the image or to change its tone.

verb (used without object)

1. to become whiter or lighter in color.

Origin of bleaches

before 1050; Middle English blechen, Old English blǣcean, derivative of blāc pale; cognate with Old Norse bleikja, Old High German bleichēn

Examples for bleaches

Of course, in her Neverland they bleach your teeth so white they glow and Madonna coaches you on your convincing British accent.

Supplies of soap, bleach, or alcohol-based hand gel also were depleted.

Kiss ye me till I be white, an' that will be an ill web to bleach.

Dead bodies were to be covered in bleach, and typical burial rites of kissing and touching ignored.

"Lay them on the grass to bleach," said Daisy, with an air of experience.

The country needs ambulances, bleach, hand sanitizer, medical supplies.

The first of these is the bleach, or oxidizing mixture of bromide and ferricyanide.

If ever time could bleach his own soul and conciliate hers, what, what was to become of Aphrodite?

Bodies were covered with bleach and buried, and isolation huts burned.

She liked them to bleach on the line, it was almost as good as the grass.