lessive — meaning in English

English meaning

• detergent noun A cleaning agent, especially a manufactured chemical rather than traditional soap.
• laundry noun Clothes and linens that need washing, are being washed, or have just been washed.

Senses

lessive is used for these senses in English:

• detergent Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
• laundry That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]
• washed out (idiomatic) Very tired and lacking energy or animation.

detergent — full definition

1. noun A cleaning agent, especially a manufactured chemical rather than traditional soap.
2. adj Having a cleansing effect.

laundry — full definition

1. noun Clothes and linens that need washing, are being washed, or have just been washed.
2. noun A place or business where clothes are washed.

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