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. — Yorwba

  2. He washed his towels with fabric softener.

  3. This fabric softener makes towels feel soft.

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

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

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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