Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who, or that which, softens.

    A water softener.

  2. Fabric softener.

  3. A substance added to make something softer.

    a substance added to another to make it less hard

Examples

12 sentences
  1. The new fabric softener smells lovely.

    deDer neue Weichspüler duftet großartig.

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  2. He washed his towels with fabric softener.

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  3. This fabric softener makes towels feel soft.

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  4. Don't use fabric softeners to wash these towels.

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  5. Don't use fabric softener to wash these towels.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English softener, equivalent to soften + -er.

From Middle English softener, equivalent to soften + -er.

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Forms

plural: softeners
Singularsoftener
Pluralsofteners

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsoften

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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