Mordant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔː(r)dÉ™nt/
• Homophones: mordent

Full definition of mordant

Adjective

1. Having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Noun

1. Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.
• 1964, In dyeing two mediums are required, the colouring matter and the mordant which fixes the dye in the wool. — , English Industries of the Middle Ages, p. 208.
2. Any corrosive substance used in etching.

Verb

1. (transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.Mordant these goods for dyeing.

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