Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bleaching_powder

1 sense of bleaching powder

Sense 1
bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime -- (a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect)
       => bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener -- (an agent that makes things white or colorless)