bluing

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noun

A substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.

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bluelaundry bluedolly bluewashing blueblueing
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Meanings

nounbluing (countable and uncountable, plural bluings)

plural bluings · alternative blueing

  1. countableuncountableA substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.

    Synonyms: blue, laundry blue, dolly blue, washing blue

  2. countableuncountableAny of several processes to protect steel against rust.
verb

alternative blueing

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA substance used in laundry to whiten clothes.

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bluelaundry bluedolly bluewashing blue

More synonyms by meaning

nounused to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

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blueingblue
Broader
dyedyestuff

nouna process that makes something blue (or bluish)

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blueing
Broader
chemical processchemical changechemical action
Also see
blueblueing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From blue + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Bungil
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APA

bluing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluing

MLA

“bluing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluing.

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