Definitions for softeners

softeners soft·en·er

Spelling: [saw-fuh-ner, sof-uh-]
IPA: /ˈsɔ fə nər, ˈsɒf ə-/

Softeners is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 364 anagrams from letters in softeners (eefnorsst).

Definitions for softeners

noun

  1. Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
  2. a person or thing that softens.

Origin of softeners

First recorded in 1600-10; soften + -er1

Examples for softeners

"We have known each other since we were children," Honor put in as a softener.

But distance is a great mellower of colors and softener of fears.

He was the patron deity of blacksmiths, and as the smelter or softener of metal bears also the name of Mulciber.

But time is a sure healer of wounds; a softener of resentment.

Yet the only softener of this man of noble granite was a spirit-like girl, who regarded the love of her womanhood as sin.

Ray six, "the softener," was a band of frequencies extending from violet far up into the ultra-violet.

For a softener on heavy weight goods nothing has been found superior to good beef tallow.

On light-weight goods the softener giving the most general satisfaction is paraffin.

You will note that this softener also contains a percentage of grime which lodges in the pores.

Word Value for softeners
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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