Usually means: Cleaning agent for removing dirt.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. detergent: Merriam-Webster
  2. detergent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detergent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. detergent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. detergent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Detergent, detergent: Wordnik
  7. detergent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. detergent: Wiktionary
  9. detergent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. detergent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. detergent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. detergent: Dictionary.com
  13. detergent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. detergent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Detergent (disambiguation), Detergent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Detergent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. detergent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. detergent: Rhymezone
  19. Detergent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. detergent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. detergent: FreeDictionary.org
  22. detergent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. detergent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. detergent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. detergent: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detergent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. detergent: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. detergent: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  3. Detergent: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Detergent: Urban Dictionary

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  4. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See detergents as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
adjective:  Synonym of cleansing.

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