detergent
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of detergent
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
“Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)”
“laundry detergent”
“liquid detergent”
“powdered detergent”
“She used a mild detergent to wash the clothes.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
“Near-synonym: cleaner (sometimes coordinate)”
“laundry detergent”
“liquid detergent”
“powdered detergent”
“She used a mild detergent to wash the clothes.”
adj
- Synonym of cleansing.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”).
Words you can make from detergent
107 playable · top: GETTERED (10 pts)
Best play gettered 10 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
7 words6-letter words
21 words5-letter words
17 words4-letter words
29 words- DREG 6 pts
- EDGE 6 pts
- GEED 6 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DEET 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- TEED 5 pts
- TEND 5 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
- TRET 4 pts
3-letter words
23 words2-letter words
8 wordsHooks
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