detergents
Saydi-TUR-juhntsUS/dɪˈtɝd͡ʒənts/UK/dɪˈtɜːdʒənts/
- 1Plural of detergent.
Modern detergents remove grease far more effectively than plain soap.
The factory tests several detergents against the same set of stains.
Note
A plural that only the noun can have: the adjective, a synonym of cleansing, takes no -s. Because detergent is both a mass noun and a count noun, the plural signals kinds rather than quantity. Several detergents are different formulations, while more detergent is simply a larger amount. Strictly, soap falls outside the class: a detergent is a non-soap cleaner, usually a synthetic surfactant.
detergents is a form of detergent
detergent, noun: A non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant used for washing. Full entry
- Forms
- detergentdetergents plural
- Spelling
- detergent → detergents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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