Bleacher

Definition: Bleacher

Bleacher

Noun

1. A worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.).

Date "bleacher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Bleacher

Domain	Definitions
Industry	A hollander intended for the bleaching of pulp suspensions. Source: European Union. (references)
Occupations	Tends equipment that flushes rayon yarn with boiling bleach solution to remove spinning-bath residue and bleach product prior to finishing: Removes full cones, bobbins, $T3cakes,$T1 or skeins of yarn from spinning (forming) machines and places product on wash rack. Turns valves to start flow of bleach water to flush yarn. Replaces empty bobbins or cones on spindles of spinning machines. May hang skeins in tubs of bleach solution and be designated Dipper (plastic-synth.) or in tubs of chemicals and be designated Desulfurizer, Hand (plastic-synth.). May wrap cakes of yarn in cloth to protect cakes during washing, bleaching, steaming, and drying operations or to partially dry cakes after washing [CAKE WRAPPER (plastic-synth.)]. May perform duties of DRIER OPERATOR (plastic-synth.) III in plants where washing, bleaching, and drying are combined into single operation. May be designated according to article washed and bleached as Bobbin Washer (plastic-synth.); Cake Washer (plastic-synth.); Skein Washer (plastic-synth.); Staple Fiber Washer (plastic-synth.). May tend equipment that processes yarn in single operation and be designated Desulfurizer, Machine (plastic-synth.). (references)
	Tends machine that dyes or bleaches yarn wound on perforated beams I, tubes I, or spring coils: Loads package stand or beam of yarn into machine, using power hoist. Closes lid and tightens lid bolts with wrench. Mixes preweighed dye or bleach with water in pail or overflow tank, stirring with paddle. Turns valves to control steam and water flow. Sets controls to pump dye or bleach into machine that automatically processes and rinses yarn at specified temperature and pressure. Adds chemicals during dyeing or bleaching cycle as specified. May load packages of yarn onto perforated spindles of stand and unload machine [DYE-STAND LOADER (textile)]. May weigh dyes according to formula. May tend machine to bleach yarn and be designated Yarn-Bleaching-Machine Operator (textile). May tend machine to dye raw fibers or tops and be designated Raw-Stock-Dyeing-Machine Tender (textile); Top-Dyeing-Machine Tender (textile). (references)
	Applies bleaching liquid to bottom of leather outsoles of lasted shoes, using brush or cloth, to lighten color of outsoles. May apply stain, using cloth or sponge. May apply cleaning fluid to remove foreign matter. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Bleacher

English words defined with "bleacher": Whitester, Whitster. (references)

Specialty definitions using "bleacher": beeswax bleacher, BLEACHER OPERATOR, BLEACHER, LARD, BOTTOM BLEACHER ♦ cp bleacher operator ♦ IRISH-MOSS BLEACHER, IRISH-MOSS GATHERER ♦ lard maker ♦ refiner bleacher ♦ WAX BLEACHER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bleacher

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Bleacher Bums (1979)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bleacher

Domain	Title
Books	Bleacher Bums (reference) (more book examples) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bleacher

"Bleacher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bleacher" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Bleacher

The following table summarizes the usage of "bleacher" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bleacher	Last name	170	48,209
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bleacher

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
bleacher	22	chicago cub bleacher ticket	4
bleacher seat	19	bleacher seat cushion	3
bleacher rental	19	bleacher upskirt	3
cub bleacher ticket	14	bleacher company southern	3
bleacher bum	14	chicago cub bleacher seat	3
bleacher chair	9	bleacher hussey system	3
bleacher seating	9	bleacher part	3
folding bleacher company	6	skin bleacher	3
bleacher creature	6	bleacher safety	3
bleacher cushion	6	bleacher back	2
bleacher southern	5	bleacher plan	2
bleacher sex	5	cub bleacher seat	2
bleacher manufacturer	4	bleacher cover	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bleacher

Language		Translations for "bleacher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏مكان في أستاد, ‏القصار (fuller). (various references)

Bulgarian		средство за избелване. (various references)

Czech		bìliè. (various references)

Danish		blegehollænder (bleaching engine), tekstilbleger. (various references)

Dutch		bleker, bleekhollander (bleaching engine). (various references)

Finnish		valkaisuhollanteri (bleaching engine). (various references)

French		blanchisseur de produits textiles(B), blancheur, pile blanchisseuse (bleaching engine), ouvrier de blanchiment. (various references)

German		Bleicher. (various references)

Greek		στήλη λεύκανσης (bleaching engine), λευκαντήσ (whiten), λευκαντής (fuller), δεξαμενή λεύκανσης (bleaching engine). (various references)

Hungarian		vászonfehérítő munkás, fehérítőtartály, fehérítőkád, fehérítő (bleach), derítőkád. (various references)

Italian		imbiancatore (painter). (various references)

Manx		gialleyder (backer, backer turf, blancher, fuller, whitener). (various references)

Pig Latin		eacherblay

Portuguese		branqueador (blancher, bleaching engine). (various references)

Russian		отбельщик. (various references)

Spanish		blanqueador (bleaching agent, brightener, fluorescent whitening agent, optical bleach, optical bleaching agent, optical brightener, optical brightening agent, optical whitening agent, whitening agent), torre de blanqueo (bleaching engine), pila de blanqueo (bleaching engine), pila blanqueadora (bleaching engine, potcher, washer). (various references)

Swedish		blekare. (various references)

Turkish		açık tribün (bleachers), çamaşır suyu (bleach, sodium carbonate). (various references)

Ukranian		білильник. (various references)

Welsh		cannwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bleacher

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bleacher": bleacherite, bleacherites, bleachers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bleacher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beacher, beecher, Blache, bleache, Bleahu, Bleasham, Blecher, Blechner, bleecher, Bleecker, Bleicker, Bletcher, bleucher, bluecher, buescheri, flaachter, leacher. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bleacher"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "bleacher" (pronounced blē"kher)
3	-ē" kh er	creature, feature, peacher, preacher, teacher.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bleacher

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-l-r"
	-1 letter: belcher, leacher.
	-2 letters: bleach, breach, breech, cereal, chelae, healer, herbal, lecher, relace.
	-3 letters: abele, abler, acerb, baler, beach, beech, belch, blare, blear, brace, brach, caber, cable, carle, celeb, chare, cheer, chela, clear, creel, haler, lacer, larch, laree, leach, leech, reach, rebec, rebel, rehab.
	-4 letters: able, ache, acre, alec, alee, arch, bach, bale, bare, bear.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-l-r"
	+1 letter: bleachers, reachable.
	+2 letters: bellyacher, chargeable, overbleach, searchable.
	+3 letters: bellyachers, bleacherite, cherishable, leatherback, rhabdocoele, stretchable, unreachable.
	+4 letters: bachelorette, bleacherites, breechloader, decipherable, leatherbacks, merchantable, overbleached, overbleaches, rechargeable, reproachable, researchable, rhabdocoeles, unbreachable, unsearchable.
	+5 letters: bachelorettes, breechloaders, dischargeable, overbleaching.
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