"blix" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-blix.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪks Etymology: Blend of bleach + fixer. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|bleach|fixer}} Blend of bleach + fixer Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} blix (uncountable)
  1. (photography) In color photography, a combination of bleach and fixer, which removes both the silver crystals and silver halides, leaving behind the color dyes, which form the negative image. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-blix-en-noun-j8q41BLr Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-blix.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪks Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} blix pl (plural only)
  1. (African-American Vernacular) deliberate misspelling of blicks (“gun”). Tags: alt-of, deliberate, misspelling, plural, plural-only Alternative form of: blicks (extra: gun)
    Sense id: en-blix-en-noun-SiUUPUsl Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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