mercerise

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A form of mercerize — To treat (cotton fabric) with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.

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Meanings

verbmercerise (third-person singular simple present mercerises, present participle mercerising, simple past and past participle mercerised)

present singular third person mercerises · participle present mercerising · participle past mercerised · past mercerised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of mercerize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtreat to strengthen and improve the luster

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