Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bleached

/bliːt͡ʃt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: bleached
IPA: /bliːt͡ʃt/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Whitened; made white using bleach

adj

Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.

adj

Having the hair or skin lightened by bleaching.

verb

simple past and past participle of bleach

Example Sentences

"bleached cotton"
"An obviously bleached blonde, thick pancake makeup flaking powderily off deep furrowed wrinkles on her face, confronted me."

Inflected Forms

more bleached (comparative) most bleached (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonbleached prebleached sunbleached unbleached

Phrases

bleached blond bleached ginger

Synonyms

blanched faded washed-out washy colored coloured dyed

Rhymes With

reached preached breached impeached beached screeched leached beseeched unbleached leeched breeched be-breeched

Questions

How do you pronounce bleached?: The recorded pronunciation is /bliːt͡ʃt/.
What does bleached mean?: Whitened; made white using bleach

How to pronounce bleached

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