Usually means: Calcium hypochlorite, disinfectant, whitening agent.
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  1. bleaching powder: Merriam-Webster
  2. bleaching powder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bleaching powder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bleaching powder: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bleaching powder: Vocabulary.com
  6. bleaching powder: Wordnik
  7. bleaching powder: Wiktionary
  8. bleaching powder: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. bleaching powder: Dictionary.com
  10. Bleaching powder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. bleaching powder: Rhymezone
  12. bleaching powder: FreeDictionary.org
  13. bleaching powder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. bleaching powder: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bleaching powder: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. bleaching powder: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. bleaching powder: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bleaching powder)

noun:  A white powder, a mixture of calcium hypochlorite and calcium chloride, prepared by the action of chlorine on calcium hydroxide, used as a strong bleaching agent and disinfectant. Formula: Ca(ClO)₂.

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