fabric softener

noun

: a product used to make laundered fabrics softer and fluffier

Examples of fabric softener in a Sentence

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Adding Vinegar To Your Load Of Laundry Using white vinegar in your laundry helps neutralize odors, remove mildew, stains, and mold, and acts as a natural fabric softener. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025 Ulla showed Sunny how to snip open cartons, buy fabric softeners and dryer sheets, telephone for a gas connection, order a hamburger. Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025 Avoid fabric softeners, which can actually reduce the absorbency of performance fabrics. Brittany Talarico, People.com, 29 May 2025 Using Laundry Sanitizer to Sanitize Laundry Add laundry sanitizer to the rinse cycle, either by putting it in the fabric softener compartment or by pouring it directly into the drum of the washer during the rinse cycle. Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabric softener

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fabric softener was in 1955

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“Fabric softener.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fabric%20softener. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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