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bleacher

/ˈblitʃə/BLEE-chur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈblitʃɚ/BLEE-chur

Meaningone that bleaches

Common meaning: a person or thing that whitens

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishblǣcan‘make pale’source
  2. Middle Englishblechensource
  3. Englishbleach‘whiten or remove colour’
  4. Englishformed in English from bleachbleacher‘a person or thing that whitens’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from bleach + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BLEACH, p.66 · scan

Source words

  • blǣcan Old English · source word “make pale”

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