Detergent
noun
A substance that is used for washing things.
She put a small amount of detergent into the washing machine before adding her clothes.
Often appears as...
- liquid detergent
- detergent powder
adjective
Having cleaning properties.
Detergent substances have the ability to remove dirt from surfaces.
Often appears as...
- detergent action
- detergent solution
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A substance that is used for washing things.
She put a small amount of detergent into the washing machine before adding her clothes.
Often appears as...
- liquid detergent
- detergent powder
adjective
Having cleaning properties.
Detergent substances have the ability to remove dirt from surfaces.
Often appears as...
- detergent action
- detergent solution
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Home Usage
Most often used in the context of household cleaning, especially laundry and dishes.
Remember to buy detergent for the dishwasher when you shop for groceries.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure Carefully
Using too much detergent can leave residue, while too little may not clean effectively.
Follow the instructions on the detergent bottle to determine the right amount for your laundry.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Textures
Detergents come in different forms such as liquid, powder, or pods, and are chosen based on preference.
I prefer liquid detergent to powder because it dissolves better in cold water.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Usage
Most often used in the context of household cleaning, especially laundry and dishes.
Remember to buy detergent for the dishwasher when you shop for groceries.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure Carefully
Using too much detergent can leave residue, while too little may not clean effectively.
Follow the instructions on the detergent bottle to determine the right amount for your laundry.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Textures
Detergents come in different forms such as liquid, powder, or pods, and are chosen based on preference.
I prefer liquid detergent to powder because it dissolves better in cold water.
Pro Tip 1/3Home Usage
Most often used in the context of household cleaning, especially laundry and dishes.
Remember to buy detergent for the dishwasher when you shop for groceries.
Pro Tip 2/3Measure Carefully
Using too much detergent can leave residue, while too little may not clean effectively.
Follow the instructions on the detergent bottle to determine the right amount for your laundry.
Pro Tip 3/3Variety of Textures
Detergents come in different forms such as liquid, powder, or pods, and are chosen based on preference.
I prefer liquid detergent to powder because it dissolves better in cold water.
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Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
her little blue detergent bottle filled with water and she was walking around watering her friend's flowers and I loved that there were all these pictures on the tombs and where people were kind of buried in drawers I thought that was so cool so at one point she came near to me and I I motioned her over and I said
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How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
Video examples
Gyre: Creating Art From...
and the laundry detergent they're animals that eat enough plastic to kill them and this is really true of a lot of the sea birds into some of the other creatures and plastic affecting wildlife is a global problem every piece that I pick up and remove is one less piece
Video examples
Steve Howard: Let's go...
But they want it to be easy, affordable and attractive, and they expect business to help, and they're a little bit disappointed today. So take your mind back and think of the first sustainable products. We had detergents that could wash your whites grayer.
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The Worth of Water PIPE...
precious resource simple actions can help like turning the tap off when brushing our teeth taking shorter showers installing dual flush toilets and cutting out pre-rinsing when using our dishwashers dishwashers and detergents like finish work without the
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
quarks is just a better world right piglets and quirks like we're already we're already on the literary side why are we not continuing that trend right and so frank wilcheck names um named it after a laundry detergent as one does i mean you know
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Green Laundry Room...
looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now another ingredient to skip uh-huh bleaches with chlorine because this stuff is known to contaminate
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How designing brand-new...
to design enzymes for custom purposes, and one of these is designing enzymes for doing applications in new areas, like laundry. So just as enzymes in your body can help you to break down the food that you eat, enzymes in your laundry detergent
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The strengths and...
Acids and bases are everywhere. They're used to make foods, soaps and detergents, fertilizers, explosives, dyes, plastics, pesticides, even paper.
Video examples
The surprising solution...
We've closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging,
Video examples
A Camera, Two Kids and a...
her little blue detergent bottle filled with water and she was walking around watering her friend's flowers and I loved that there were all these pictures on the tombs and where people were kind of buried in drawers I thought that was so cool so at one point she came near to me and I I motioned her over and I said
Video examples
How to Conserve Water PIPE...
dishes under a running faucet before loading them into the dishwasher this is a huge waste of water because you actually need the dishes to be dirty as the enzymes and the detergent latch onto food particles to work effectively and it's these actions that could help avert america's looming water crisis
Video examples
Gyre: Creating Art From...
and the laundry detergent they're animals that eat enough plastic to kill them and this is really true of a lot of the sea birds into some of the other creatures and plastic affecting wildlife is a global problem every piece that I pick up and remove is one less piece
Video examples
Steve Howard: Let's go...
But they want it to be easy, affordable and attractive, and they expect business to help, and they're a little bit disappointed today. So take your mind back and think of the first sustainable products. We had detergents that could wash your whites grayer.
Video examples
The Worth of Water PIPE...
precious resource simple actions can help like turning the tap off when brushing our teeth taking shorter showers installing dual flush toilets and cutting out pre-rinsing when using our dishwashers dishwashers and detergents like finish work without the
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
quarks is just a better world right piglets and quirks like we're already we're already on the literary side why are we not continuing that trend right and so frank wilcheck names um named it after a laundry detergent as one does i mean you know
Video examples
Green Laundry Room...
looking for detergents that aren't petroleum-based but plant-based avoid soaps that contain phosphates which deprived aquatic life of oxygen now another ingredient to skip uh-huh bleaches with chlorine because this stuff is known to contaminate
Video examples
How designing brand-new...
to design enzymes for custom purposes, and one of these is designing enzymes for doing applications in new areas, like laundry. So just as enzymes in your body can help you to break down the food that you eat, enzymes in your laundry detergent
Video examples
The strengths and...
Acids and bases are everywhere. They're used to make foods, soaps and detergents, fertilizers, explosives, dyes, plastics, pesticides, even paper.
Video examples
The surprising solution...
We've closed the loop in the circular economy. Now buy shampoo or laundry detergent that has social plastic packaging,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a big deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it later as an adult.
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Tia Mowry
American Actress
We try to be conscious of the amount of trash we have. Having a water filter allows us to be aware of not using too many water bottles. Since I am not able to hand wash due to my schedule, I use Seventh Generation laundry detergent, and I feel less guilty.
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Kristin Bauer van Straten
American Actress
So much of our lives are defined by habit or what the guy next to us is doing, never wondering and knowing who and what we support with our actions, from the detergent Mom always used, to my favorite dish I make... A lot of my life is unexamined habit.
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Jerry Seinfeld
American Comedian
Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.
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Daniel Goleman
American Author
Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.
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Russ Feingold
American Politician
When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions.
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Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I quickly came to realize that in the Middle East, God is God, and in the West, the sponsor is God - or, as I like to say, Tide detergent is God.
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Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
My skin is super sensitive, so an oil-based cleanser is just perfect, rather than some detergent thing that strips it.
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Janine Benyus
American Writer
Life doesn't use detergent to clean itself.
Quote examples
Jenny Zhang
Chinese Actress
We lived in one of those half-basement apartments, and on our first night of being in America, someone reached through the grate that protects the window and stole our laundry detergent - which wasn't a big deal, but it felt symbolic when I heard about it later as an adult.
Quote examples
Tia Mowry
American Actress
We try to be conscious of the amount of trash we have. Having a water filter allows us to be aware of not using too many water bottles. Since I am not able to hand wash due to my schedule, I use Seventh Generation laundry detergent, and I feel less guilty.
Quote examples
Kristin Bauer van Straten
American Actress
So much of our lives are defined by habit or what the guy next to us is doing, never wondering and knowing who and what we support with our actions, from the detergent Mom always used, to my favorite dish I make... A lot of my life is unexamined habit.
Quote examples
Jerry Seinfeld
American Comedian
Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.
Quote examples
Daniel Goleman
American Author
Buying phosphate-free soap allows you to say, 'My detergent doesn't have the harsh chemicals others do.' The question is, how are you washing with it? The very worst thing for the Earth about detergent is that we heat water to use it.
Quote examples
Russ Feingold
American Politician
When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions.
Quote examples
Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
I quickly came to realize that in the Middle East, God is God, and in the West, the sponsor is God - or, as I like to say, Tide detergent is God.
Quote examples
Wendi McLendon-Covey
American Actress
My skin is super sensitive, so an oil-based cleanser is just perfect, rather than some detergent thing that strips it.
Quote examples
Janine Benyus
American Writer
Life doesn't use detergent to clean itself.
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