DCHP-2

Javex DCHP-2 (April 2016)

• 1 n. — proprietary

  liquid laundry bleach.

  Type: 5. Frequency — This is a proprietary name which came to be used generically to refer to any brand of laundry bleach. In 2006, the Javex company was acquired by Clorox Company and their bleach products were renamed as "Javex by Clorox", and are now known simply as "Clorox" (see Clorox Company reference). Chart 1 shows that this term is very rare outside Canada.
  See also Gage-1, s.v. "Javelle water", ITP Nelson, s.v. "Javelle water", OED-3, s.v. "Javelle", COD-2, s.v. "Javex", which is labelled "Cdn".

  • The product is also known as javel water, a literal translation from the French eau de Javel (see the 1930 and 1985 quotations).

• 2 v.

  to apply Javex.

  Type: 1. Origin — See meaning 1.

• 3 adj.

  something treated with Javex.

  Type: 1. Origin — See meanings 1 and 2.