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Definition of Softener

1. Noun. A substance added to another to make it less hard.

Definition of Softener

1. n. One who, or that which, softens.

Definition of Softener

1. one that softens [n -S] - See also: softens

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Softener

softbacks softback book softball softballer softballers softballs softball game softbound softbounds softcore

softcover softcovers softed soften softened softener (current term) softeners softening softens softer

softest softgoods softhead softheaded softheadedly softheadedness softheads softhearted softheartedly softheartedness

Literary usage of Softener

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1. Water: Its Purification and Use in the Industriesby William Wallace Christie by William Wallace Christie (1912)
"Operating mechanism type "N" water softener 28-29 Colored section of softener ... Weir for type "L" water softener 34 10. Chemical regulator and weir, ..."

2. Forest Life by Caroline Matilda Kirkland (1844)
"... but it is my deliberate conviction that next to Religion—heartfelt operative Religion — a true love of reading is the best softener of the asperities of ..."

3. Steam Boilers, Engines and Turbines by Sydney Ferris Walker (1908)
"Mixing portion of Doulton'8 Water softener. Y is the Chemical Tank; ... The Kennicott Water softener In the Kennicott water softener there is a cylindrical ..."

4. Steam Boilers, Engines and Turbines by Sydney Ferris Walker (1908)
"Mixing portion of Doulton's Water softener. ... The Kennicott Water softener In the Kennicott water softener there is a cylindrical steel tank, ..."

5. Classification of Property, Application of Principles by American commerce association (1915)
"... leather softener, NOIBN, moving from Fort Worth, Tex., to St. Paul, Minn.: Through rates are published by the Southwestern Lines and the tariff is ..."

6. Subject-matter Index of Mining, Mechanical and Metallurgical Literature for (1902)
"Desrumaux continuous water-softener, Anon., 813, viii. 552. Water-softening plant of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railway, Anon., 761, xxiii. 158. ..."

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