"Clorox" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From the Clorox brand; a blend of chlorine + sodium hydroxide, its two main ingredients. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|chlorine|sodium hydroxide|nocap=1}} blend of chlorine + sodium hydroxide Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Clorox (uncountable)
  1. Bleach of the Clorox brand. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Clorox-en-noun-7yBbiGUs Categories (other): Cleaning Disambiguation of Cleaning: 33 32 35
  2. (informal) Bleach in general, regardless of brand. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Clorox-en-noun-2PIS3esp Categories (other): Cleaning Disambiguation of Cleaning: 33 32 35

Verb

Forms: Cloroxes [present, singular, third-person], Cloroxing [participle, present], Cloroxed [participle, past], Cloroxed [past]
Etymology: From the Clorox brand; a blend of chlorine + sodium hydroxide, its two main ingredients. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|chlorine|sodium hydroxide|nocap=1}} blend of chlorine + sodium hydroxide Head templates: {{en-verb}} Clorox (third-person singular simple present Cloroxes, present participle Cloroxing, simple past and past participle Cloroxed)
  1. (transitive, informal) To sanitize with chemicals; to remove dirt from a place or object by means of chemicals. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-Clorox-en-verb-VA-4Ppub Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cleaning Disambiguation of English blends: 26 25 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 20 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Cleaning: 33 32 35

Inflected forms

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