"water softener" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water softeners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water softener (plural water softeners)
  1. A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin. Wikipedia link: water softener Related terms: water softening Translations (device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water): омекотител (omekotitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), waterverzachter [masculine] (Dutch), vedenpehmennin (Finnish), adoucisseur d’eau [masculine] (French), Trinkwasserenthärtungsanlage (english: drinking water softener) [feminine] (German), αποσκληρυντής (aposkliryntís) [masculine] (Greek), vízlágyító (Hungarian), addolcitore (Italian), омекшивач [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), omekšivač [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), suavizador de agua [masculine] (Spanish)
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