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whitening
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun whitening has 1 sense
- whitening(n = noun.act) lightening - changing to a lighter color; Array is a kind of change of color
has particulars: bleach
Derived form verb whiten1
CIDE DICTIONARY
whitening, n.
- The act or process of making or becoming white. [1913 Webster]
- That which is used to render white; whiting. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
whitening
achromatization, albification, blanching, bleach, bleaching, calcimine, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing, discoloration, etiolation, fading, frosting, grizzling, lightening, madder bleach, market bleach, paling, pipe clay, silvering, whitewash, whitewashing, whiting
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