cleanser

English

Etymology

From Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse +‎ -er.

Noun

cleanser (plural cleansers)

1. Something that cleanses, such as a detergent.

   Synonym: cleaner (sense 3)

Derived terms

• palate cleanser

 

Translations

something that cleanses

• Norwegian Bokmål: rengjøringsmiddel n

detergent — see detergent

References

• “cleanser”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “cleanser”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “cleanser”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• cleaners, recleans, sclarene