mercerize
English
Alternative forms
- (UK) mercerise
Etymology
Mercer + -ize, named after John Mercer of Great Harwood, Lancashire, who invented the process in the mid-19th century.
Verb
mercerize (third-person singular simple present mercerizes, present participle mercerizing, simple past and past participle mercerized)
- To treat cotton fabric with sodium hydroxide to make it more lustrous and accepting of dyes.
Derived terms
- mercerisation, mercerization
Translations
to treat cotton with NaOH
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