DETERGENTS
- A water-soluble cleansing agent that combines with impurities and dirt to make them more soluble and differs from soap in not forming a scum with the salts in hard water
- Any additive with a similar action, e.g., an oil-soluble substance that holds dirt in suspension in lubricating oil
- DETERGENT, a cleansing agent [n]
- DETERGENT [n]