BLEACHED
/bliΛtΚt/
16
Scrabble
18
WWF
B(3) L(1) E(1) A(1) C(3) H(4) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/bliΛtΚt/
verb
- To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).
- To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).
- (of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.“Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed.”
- To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.“semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles”
adjective
- Whitened; made white using bleach“Bleached cotton”
- Faded or washed out by weather and strong sunlight.
- Having the hair lightened by bleaching.
Source: Wiktionary
