bleaching powder in English

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    {
      "form": "bleaching powders",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂."
      ],
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        [
          "calcium hypochlorite",
          "calcium hypochlorite"
        ],
        [
          "calcium chloride",
          "calcium chloride"
        ],
        [
          "chlorine",
          "chlorine"
        ],
        [
          "calcium hydroxide",
          "calcium hydroxide"
        ],
        [
          "bleaching agent",
          "bleaching agent"
        ],
        [
          "disinfectant",
          "disinfectant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chloride of lime"
        },
        {
          "word": "chlorinated lime"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "púdar tuaracháin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xlórnaja ízvestʹ",
          "sense": "a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "хло́рная и́звесть"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleaching powder"
}

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      "glosses": [
        "A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calcium hypochlorite",
          "calcium hypochlorite"
        ],
        [
          "calcium chloride",
          "calcium chloride"
        ],
        [
          "chlorine",
          "chlorine"
        ],
        [
          "calcium hydroxide",
          "calcium hydroxide"
        ],
        [
          "bleaching agent",
          "bleaching agent"
        ],
        [
          "disinfectant",
          "disinfectant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "chloride of lime"
    },
    {
      "word": "chlorinated lime"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púdar tuaracháin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xlórnaja ízvestʹ",
      "sense": "a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хло́рная и́звесть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleaching powder"
}

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"bleaching powder" meaning in English

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