mordant
Meaning of mordant
noun
- Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
- Any corrosive substance used in etching.
- A glutinous size used as a ground for gilding, to make the gold leaf adhere.
- To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.
Mordant these goods for dyeing.
- Having or showing a sharp or critical quality
- Serving to fix a dye to a fibre.
Information about mordant
- The plural form of mordant is: mordants.
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CatalanHyphenation of mordant
mor-dant
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- mordant is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
mordant synonyms
Meaning black:
Meaning caustic:
caustic, corrosive, erosive, vitriolic
Meaning :
etchant, biting, keen, sarcastic, severe
Anagrams of mordant
Words that rhyme with mordant
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