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noun

bleach

a strong chemical used to whiten cloth or disinfect surfaces

In a sentence

Six example sentences with bleach, each labelled with its topic.

  • In the darkroom she brushed dilute bleach onto the print's sky, lifting the silver until the clouds glowed white.

    Photography

  • Conservators tested a weak bleach on one corner of the yellowed engraving and waited a week to see whether the paper held.

    Art

  • The clinic's architect chose floor tiles that shrug off bleach, since the cleaners mop every corridor with it twice a day.

    Architecture

  • Restaurant kitchens wipe cutting boards with dilute bleach between raw chicken and salad, then rinse before the next task.

    Cooking

  • Before liquid bleach, linen was whitened over months in sunny fields, and whole Dutch villages worked at nothing else.

    History

  • Pouring bleach down a storm drain sends chlorine straight into the creek, where it harms fish before it breaks down.

    Environment

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