brightener
a person or thing that brightens.
a chemical or other agent used to increase brightness, as one added to toothpaste or detergent to intensify the cleansing or bleaching process.
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How to use brightener in a sentence
Of the specialty detergents, I’ve used Assos extensively, and find that it does an excellent job on synthetics, especially for preserving color, since it has optical brighteners.
That epoch, to which I have looked forward as the brightener of my every view upon earth—how is it now clouded!'
Camilla | Fanny BurneyBut chaperonage was far from the whole destiny of a brightener.
The Brightener | C. N. WilliamsonMine was to gird my loins at Lucille's and Redfern's, in order to become a brightener.
The Brightener | C. N. WilliamsonBut I felt that my reputation as a brightener was at stake, with Terry's hopes.
The Brightener | C. N. Williamson
Gille Machree, "brightener of my heart;" the name of one of Gerald Griffin's sweetest songs.
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