unbleached

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adjective

Not bleached.

“unbleached sheets”

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveunbleached (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot bleached.

    unbleached sheets

    1 more example

    There are traditional dishes such as Mopani worms, mogodu or unbleached tripe; and umngqusho, which is braised beef shin with maize porridge, billed as former President Nelson Mandela's favourite dish.

    2009 August 13, Celean Jacobson, “Cultural heart of Jo'burg”, in Toronto Star

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot artificially colored or bleached

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishbleached
  9. Englishunbleached

From un- + bleached.

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Translations

Greek αλεύκαντος
  • αλεύκαντος (aléfkantos)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

unbleached. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbleached

MLA

“unbleached.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbleached. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbleached,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbleached.

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