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Definition: Water Softener |
Water SoftenerNoun1. A substance that lessens the hardness of water giving it more efficient sudsing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | In plumbing, a device for eliminating from domestic water supplies any mineral which tends to make soap valueless as a cleanser. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Resin | Artificial resin, polymer; ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex, Diaion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Water Softener |
| Specialty definitions using "water softener": DIPPING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ ION-EXCHANGE OPERATOR ♦ SALES REPRESENTATIVE, WATER-SOFTENING EQUIPMENT. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | American Enka Corp., Morristown, Tennessee. Water softener. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "water softener"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | вещество за омекотяване на вода, апарат за омекотяване на вода. (various references) | |
Danish | middel til blødgøring af vand (water deionizer), middel til afhærdning af vand (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Dutch | waterverzachter (water deionizer), waterontharder (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Finnish | vedenpehmennysaine (water deionizer). (various references) | |
French | décalcifiant de l'eau, adoucisseur d'eau (water deionizer). (various references) | |
German | Wasserenthärter (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Greek | αποσκληρυντής νερού (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Italian | addolcitore d'acqua (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Manx | boggeyder ushtey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aterway oftenersay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amaciador de água (water deionizer). (various references) | |
Spanish | endulzador del agua (water deionizer), ablandamiento del agua (demineralization, softening of water, water deionizer). (various references) | |
Swedish | vattenavhärdare, avhärdningsfilter (water deionizer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-f-n-o-r-r-s-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: waterfronts. | |
-3 letters: fenestrate, transferee, treenwares, waterfront. | |
-4 letters: easterner, enfetters, fatteners, fenestrae, fetterers, foreswear, foretaste, forewarns, freestone, freewares, narrowest, ratteners, referents, rosewater, stoneware, treenware, westerner. | |
-5 letters: answerer, antrorse, arrestee, earstone, enfetter, enterers, entreats, fanworts, fastener, fattener, fenestra, ferrates, fetterer, foreseen, foreseer, forester, forewarn, forewent, forswear, fosterer, freeware, fretters, frowners, oftenest, ratteens, rattener, reasoner, reenters, refasten. | |
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