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bleaching powder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
bleach-ing pow-der
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

bleaching powders (plural)

Synonyms

chloride of lime chlorinated lime

Questions

What does bleaching powder mean?
A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂.

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