"mercerize" meaning in All languages combined

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          "word": "mercerisation"
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        "To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes."
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          "cotton",
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          "sodium hydroxide",
          "sodium hydroxide"
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          "lustrous",
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        "(transitive) To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "merceritzar"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "merseroida"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "merzerisieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "mercerizzare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "merceriza"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
          "word": "mercerizar"
        }
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Mercerised cotton"
      ]
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        "To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes."
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      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "merceritzar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "merseroida"
    },
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      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "merzerisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "mercerizzare"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "merceriza"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to treat cotton with NaOH",
      "word": "mercerizar"
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