DETERGENT BUILDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

Synonyms:

builder; detergent builder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("detergent builder" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "detergent builder"):

sodium pyrophosphate; tetrasodium pyrophosphate (a sodium salt of pyrophosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents)

sodium tripolyphosphate (a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents)

tribasic sodium phosphate; trisodium orthophosphate; trisodium phosphate (the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents)