"water softener" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "water softeners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "water softener (plural water softeners)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin."
      ],
      "id": "en-water_softener-en-noun-zeflzojm",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "calcium",
          "calcium"
        ],
        [
          "magnesium",
          "magnesium"
        ],
        [
          "hard water",
          "hard water"
        ],
        [
          "ion exchange resin",
          "ion exchange resin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "water softening"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "omekotitel",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "омекотител"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "waterverzachter"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "word": "vedenpehmennin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "adoucisseur d’eau"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "drinking water softener",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Trinkwasserenthärtungsanlage"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aposkliryntís",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αποσκληρυντής"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "word": "vízlágyító"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "word": "addolcitore"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "омекшивач"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "omekšivač"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "suavizador de agua"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "water softener"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "water softener"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "water softeners",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "water softener (plural water softeners)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "water softening"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "calcium",
          "calcium"
        ],
        [
          "magnesium",
          "magnesium"
        ],
        [
          "hard water",
          "hard water"
        ],
        [
          "ion exchange resin",
          "ion exchange resin"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "water softener"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "omekotitel",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "омекотител"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "waterverzachter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "word": "vedenpehmennin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adoucisseur d’eau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "drinking water softener",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trinkwasserenthärtungsanlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposkliryntís",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αποσκληρυντής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "word": "vízlágyító"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "word": "addolcitore"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "омекшивач"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "omekšivač"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suavizador de agua"
    }
  ],
  "word": "water softener"
}