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CHLORINATED LIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorinated lime mean?
• CHLORINATED LIME (noun)
The noun CHLORINATED LIME has 1 sense:
1. a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
Familiarity information: CHLORINATED LIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
bleaching powder; chloride of lime; chlorinated lime
Hypernyms ("chlorinated lime" is a kind of...):
blanching agent; bleach; bleaching agent; whitener (an agent that makes things white or colorless)
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