"correction fluid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: correction fluids [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} correction fluid (countable and uncountable, plural correction fluids)
  1. A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Stationery Synonyms: Tippex [UK], whiteout [US], Twink [New-Zealand], liquid paper [US], correcting fluid Derived forms: corflu Related terms: correction tape Translations (fluid for masking textual errors): مُصَحِّح (muṣaḥḥiḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), مُزيل (muzīl) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), коректор (korektor) (Bulgarian), corrector líquid [masculine] (Catalan), 塗改液 (Chinese Cantonese), 涂改液 (tou⁴ goi² jik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 白油 (alt: baak⁶ jau⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 改正液 (gǎizhèngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 修正液 (xiūzhèngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 塗改液 (Chinese Mandarin), 涂改液 (túgǎiyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 改錯液 (Chinese Mandarin), 改错液 (gǎicuòyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 糾正液 (Chinese Mandarin), 纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè) (Chinese Mandarin), 立刻白 (lìkèbái) (Chinese Mandarin), rettelak [common-gender] (Danish), kvajeblæk [informal, neuter] (Danish), tipex [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), korjausneste (Finnish), korjauslakka (Finnish), blanco [masculine] (French), tipex [masculine] (French), correcteur liquide [masculine] (French), Korrekturflüssigkeit [feminine] (German), bianchetto [masculine] (Italian), 修正液 (shūseieki) (alt: しゅうせいえき) (Japanese), 화이트 (hwaiteu) (Korean), 수정액 (sujeong'aek) (alt: 修正液) (Korean), غلطگیر (Persian), korektor [masculine] (Polish), corretivo líquido (Portuguese), corretor líquido (Portuguese), зама́зка (zamázka) [feminine] (Russian), штрих-корре́ктор (štrix-korréktor) [masculine] (Russian), корре́ктор (korréktor) [masculine] (Russian), korektor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), corrector líquido [masculine] (Spanish), tipp-ex (english: trademark) [neuter] (Swedish), korrigeringsvätska [common-gender] (Swedish), korrigeringsfärg [common-gender] (Swedish), น้ำยาลบคำผิด (náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt) (Thai), chất lỏng hiệu chỉnh (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "塗改液"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "tou⁴ goi² jik⁶",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "涂改液"
        },
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          "alt": "baak⁶ jau⁴⁻²",
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          "word": "白油"
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          "word": "塗改液"
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          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "糾正液"
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          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "korjausneste"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "korjauslakka"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "blanco"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tipex"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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          ],
          "word": "correcteur liquide"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Korrekturflüssigkeit"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bianchetto"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しゅうせいえき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shūseieki",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "修正液"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwaiteu",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "화이트"
        },
        {
          "alt": "修正液",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sujeong'aek",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "수정액"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "غلطگیر"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "korektor"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "corretivo líquido"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "corretor líquido"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamázka",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "зама́зка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "štrix-korréktor",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "штрих-корре́ктор"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "korréktor",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "корре́ктор"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "korektor"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corrector líquido"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "trademark",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tipp-ex"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "korrigeringsvätska"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "korrigeringsfärg"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "น้ำยาลบคำผิด"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
          "word": "chất lỏng hiệu chỉnh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "correction fluid"
}
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Stationery"
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      ],
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      "word": "Tippex"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "whiteout"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ],
      "word": "Twink"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
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      "roman": "muṣaḥḥiḥ",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصَحِّح"
    },
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      "code": "acw",
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      "roman": "muzīl",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُزيل"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "korektor",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "коректор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrector líquid"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "塗改液"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "tou⁴ goi² jik⁶",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "涂改液"
    },
    {
      "alt": "baak⁶ jau⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "白油"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎizhèngyè",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "改正液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiūzhèngyè",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "修正液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "塗改液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "túgǎiyè",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "涂改液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "改錯液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎicuòyè",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "改错液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "糾正液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiūzhèngyè",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "纠正液"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìkèbái",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "立刻白"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rettelak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kvajeblæk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tipex"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "korjausneste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "korjauslakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tipex"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correcteur liquide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Korrekturflüssigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bianchetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゅうせいえき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shūseieki",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "修正液"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwaiteu",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "화이트"
    },
    {
      "alt": "修正液",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sujeong'aek",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "수정액"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "غلطگیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "korektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "corretivo líquido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "corretor líquido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zamázka",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зама́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štrix-korréktor",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штрих-корре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korréktor",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корре́ктор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "korektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrector líquido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "trademark",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tipp-ex"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "korrigeringsvätska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "korrigeringsfärg"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "náam-yaa-lóp-kam-pìt",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "น้ำยาลบคำผิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fluid for masking textual errors",
      "word": "chất lỏng hiệu chỉnh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "correction fluid"
}

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