TRISODIUM ORTHOPHOSPHATE

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Meaning:

The tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps and detergents

Synonyms:

tribasic sodium phosphate; trisodium orthophosphate; trisodium phosphate

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("trisodium orthophosphate" is a kind of...):

builder; detergent builder (a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action)

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