Javel water

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Calque of French eau de Javel, after the village (now Parisian neighbourhood) where it was produced.

Noun

Javel water (uncountable)

  1. (historical) sodium hypochlorite, the earliest chemical bleach.
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