fabric softener

noun

: a product used to make laundered fabrics softer and fluffier

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Some of our all-time favorites include laundry detergent, batteries, fabric softener, trash bags, and—wait for it—underwear. Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025 Also accepted are such things as liquid fabric softener, paper towels, bleach, trash bags and laundry soap. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025 Avoid fabric softener, bleaches, dry cleaning, and the dryer. Adrienne So, Wired News, 15 Apr. 2025 The Laundress makes a ton of other luxury laundry products, like a stain remover pretreatment, wool and cashmere spray, and a static-reducing fabric softener. Annie Blackman, Allure, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabric softener

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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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 9 May. 2025.

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