bleach
noun/bliːtʃ/
/bliːtʃ/
[uncountable, countable]- a chemical that is used to make something become white or pale and as a disinfectant (= to prevent infection from spreading)
- I poured bleach down the loo.
Word OriginOld English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc ‘pale’, of Germanic origin; related to bleak.
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