dyestuff
a material yielding or used as a dye.
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How to use dyestuff in a sentence
The red dyestuff thus prepared is stated to be easily soluble in water.
There are a number of dyestuff makers in Europe who put vat colors on the market, but they all call them by different names.
Textiles | William H. DooleyThey are next stained with a solution of starch, milk and red dyestuff.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner BennettThe fumes of burning sulphur have an affinity for coloring matter—dyestuff.
Textiles | William H. DooleyThe first is a yellow dyestuff, but it would be hard to assign any one shade or tint to Alizarin as a dyestuff.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing | Watson Smith
British Dictionary definitions for dyestuff
/ (ˈdaɪˌstʌf) /
a substance that can be used as a dye or from which a dye can be obtained
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