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What is the noun for dyewood?

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dyewood
  1. brazilwood
  2. Any wood from which colouring matter is extracted for dyeing.
  3. Examples:
    1. “At that time parties of English dyewood and mahogany cutters, many of whom had been pirates, established themselves at Belize.”
      “Barwood, a dyewood obtained from Pterocarpus angolensis, a tall tree of West Africa.”
      “Also brought back from India were dyes like lac, indigo and dyewood and precious ornamental objects and materials like ivory, ebony and pearls.”
dye
  1. A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The woman couldn't help but feel a little envious, seeing how natural her hair looked without any dye in it at all.”
dyestuff
  1. Any soluble pigment used for dyeing the hair, fabric etc.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small insect from which a red dyestuff is obtained.”
      “These indene polymers are suitable as dispergents, for example in dyestuff and pigment compositions.”
      “One example is the story of the clarification of the chemical structure of Perkin's mauve, the first synthetic dyestuff.”
dyer
  1. One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The dyer skillfully transformed the plain white fabric into a vibrant, tie-dyed masterpiece.”
      “He was born in 1823 in the small town of Guebwiller in Alsace, where his father was a silk dyer.”
      “What can I expect to pay if I take the dress to a professional dyer in Los Angeles?”
dyeworks
  1. A factory for the production of paints and dyes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In 1838 he established a dyeworks at Govanhaugh, and his increased standing led to his appointment as a bailie of the Gorbals.”
      “In the middle 1950s the river was so polluted by dyeworks in the middle reaches between Todmorden and Sowerby Bridge, that it ran different opaque colours from day to day.”
dyebath
  1. The liquid used for dyeing something by submerging it.
dyehouse
  1. A building where dyeing takes place.
dyery
  1. A factory where fabric is dyed.
dyewater
  1. Water contaminated with dyestuffs.
dyeability
  1. Quality or degree of being dyeable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Especially in the textile field, chitosan has been used to improve dyeability, soil release properties, and the handle of cotton.”
dye
dyeing
  1. The act by which something is dyed.
dyeabilities
  1. plural of dyeability
dyehouses
  1. plural of dyehouse
dyestuffs
  1. plural of dyestuff
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One of the major practical applications of chromophore chemistry is in the manufacture of synthetic dyes, or dyestuffs, for textiles.”
      “Loosening makes the tanning agents, fats, dyestuffs and other substances, penetrate easily into the hide.”
      “Other uses of aniline include the manufacture of rubber processing chemicals and the production of agrochemicals and dyestuffs.”
dyewaters
  1. plural of dyewater
dyebaths
  1. plural of dyebath
dyewoods
  1. plural of dyewood
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dutch merchants were active in the Caribbean, mining salt and dyewoods on the coast of Brazil.”
      “From the tropical forests of the inland regions come dyewoods, hardwoods, and rubber.”
      “The most important cargo carried was raw cotton from Liverpool to Manchester but timber, dyewoods, pig iron, lead, copper, nails, tar, sand, grain and flour were also carried.”
dyeings
  1. plural of dyeing
  2. Examples:
    1. “Considerable quantities of lime and magnesia in the water will cause duller shades with logwood and fustic dyeings.”
      “Ninety per cent of the dyeings on silk, 72 per cent of the dyeings on rayon, 70 per cent of the dyeings on cotton showed no color change.”
dyeries
  1. plural of dyery
dyers
  1. plural of dyer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The 1980s, in particular, marked the influx of knitters to California, as well as textile printers, dyers and finishers, Horowitz notes.”
      “Soon galleons were transporting wholesale quantities of the dried bugs to dyers in the great textile centers of Europe.”
      “Different streets were allotted for different professions such as potters, weavers, dyers, jewellers, and bakers.”
dyes
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