Ammonia vs. Bleach

Ammonianoun

(inorganic compound) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste

Ammonianoun

a solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid

Ammonianoun

A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: - often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

Ammonianoun

a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3)

Ammonianoun

a water solution of ammonia

Ammonianoun

a colourless gas with a characteristic pungent smell, which dissolves in water to give a strongly alkaline solution.

Ammonianoun

a solution of ammonia, used as a cleaning fluid.

Ammonia

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3. A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct characteristic of a pungent smell.

Bleachadjective

(archaic) Pale; bleak.

Bleachverb

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

Bleachverb

(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

Bleachverb

to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae.

Bleachverb

To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

Bleachnoun

(uncountable) A chemical, such as sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide, or a preparation of such a chemical, used for disinfecting or whitening.

Bleachnoun

(countable) A variety of bleach.

Bleachnoun

An act of bleaching; exposure to the sun.

Bleachnoun

A disease of the skin.

Bleachverb

To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.

Bleachverb

To grow white or lose color; to whiten.

Bleachnoun

the whiteness that results from removing the color from something;

Bleachnoun

an agent that makes things white or colorless

Bleachnoun

the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

Bleachverb

remove color from;

Bleachverb

make whiter or lighter;

Bleach

Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially and domestically to remove color from a fabric or fiber or to clean or to remove stains in a process called bleaching. It often refers, specifically, to a dilute solution of sodium hypochlorite, also called .