"whitener" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whiteners [plural]
Etymology: whiten + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whiten|er}} whiten + -er Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whitener (countable and uncountable, plural whiteners)
  1. (countable, uncountable) Any substance used to whiten something; a bleach. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (any substance used to whiten something): белина (belina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), blanchissant (French), branquexador [masculine] (Galician), branqueador [masculine] (Portuguese), blanqueador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-whitener-en-noun-JhDEw9~~ Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 40 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of 'any substance used to whiten something': 94 3 3
  2. (countable) A person employed to whiten or bleach. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-whitener-en-noun-BGq3WTbF Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 40 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 39 40
  3. (Canada, countable, uncountable) A powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk. A "non-dairy creamer". Tags: Canada, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Coffee, Tea Translations (powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk): pulverfløde (Danish), pampaputi (Tagalog), ครีมเทียม (kriim-tiiam) (Thai), kahve beyazlatıcı (Turkish), süt tozu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whitener-en-noun-~CNP74~i Disambiguation of Coffee: 35 5 60 Disambiguation of Tea: 36 5 59 Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 9 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 6 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 10 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 25 8 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 9 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 5 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 9 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 31 10 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 40 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 31 10 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 39 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 31 9 59 Disambiguation of 'powder added to tea or coffee in place of milk': 4 1 95

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