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Definition of Dyestuff
1. Noun. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
Specialized synonyms: Acid Dye, Alizarin Yellow, Anil, Indigo, Indigotin, Aniline Dye, Azo Dye, Basic Color, Basic Colour, Basic Dye, Blue, Blueing, Bluing, Bromophenol Blue, Bromphenol Blue, Tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein, Bromothymol Blue, Bromthymol Blue, Cochineal, Cyanine Dye, Direct Dye, Substantive Dye, Fluorescein, Fluoresceine, Fluorescent Dye, Resorcinolphthalein, Fluorochrome, Hair Coloring, Hair Dye, Kendal, Kendal Green, Lac Dye, Lead Acetate, Sugar Of Lead, Archil, Cudbear, Orchil, Quercitron, Radiopaque Dye, Saffranine, Safranin, Safranine, Tyrian Purple, Vat Color, Vat Dye, Woad
Terms within: Chromophore
Generic synonyms: Color, Coloring Material, Colour, Colouring Material
Derivative terms: Dye
Definition of Dyestuff
1. n. A material used for dyeing.
Definition of Dyestuff
1. Noun. any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dyestuff
1. a dye [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dyestuff
Literary usage of Dyestuff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Cr present in ash :—Naphthalene mordant dyestuff ... Kb» and solution colourless
I « Tannate of iron. The colour is stripped:—Acid dyestuff. boiled with ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Dyeing and Textile Chemistry by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1909)
"1, with 1 per cent, of dyestuff (436). No. 2, with 2 per cent, of dyestuff (437).
... 6, with 6 per cent, of dyestuff (441). After dyeing the samples are ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Ite utilisation as a dyestuff is only of recent date and is confined to America.
... This mordant dyestuff is employed by the calico ..."
4. War Work of the Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1921 by National Bureau of Standards, United States Bureau of Standards, United States (1921)
"Records were kept at all times which showed the exact performance of any American
dyestuff. Information of this character was frequently supplied the ..."
5. German Trade and the War: Commercial and Industrual Conditions in War Time by Chauncey Depew Snow, Josef Jiří Král (1918)
"dyestuff SYNDICATE. The combination of German dyestuff interests, effected in
1915, and in operation since January 1, 1916, is of special importance to ..."
6. Aims and Purposes of the Chemical Foundation, Incorporated: And the Reasons ...by Alexander Mitchell Palmer, Francis Patrick Garvan, United States Alien Property Custodian by Alexander Mitchell Palmer, Francis Patrick Garvan, United States Alien Property Custodian (1919)
"... THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL AND dyestuff INDUSTRY [From the Alien Property Custodian's
Report] THE great field of chemical industry presented, at the outset, ..."