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dyestuff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdaɪˌstʌf/ (General-American)

Etymology

From dye + stuff.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric, etc.
    • Except for the indigo, the dyebaths are steeped over heat to release their pigment and then strained to remove the dyestuff. 2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 17:

Forms

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Deriveds

azo dyestuff

Translations (4)

fi väriaine (soluble pigment) · id pencelup (soluble pigment) · ms pencelup (soluble pigment) · pl barwnik (soluble pigment)