dyestuff

[ US /ˈdaɪˌstəf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair
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How To Use dyestuff In A Sentence

  • Owing to different structures of cotton fiber and chitin fiber, they have differentadsorbability to reactive dyestuffs.
  • One example is the story of the clarification of the chemical structure of Perkin's mauve, the first synthetic dyestuff.
  • In the case of yarn-dyed fabrics the dyestuff has penetrated through the yarn, while in the case of piece-dyed fabrics the dyestuff has no chance to penetrate as completely as the yarn-dyed fabric. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades
  • In a few cases the dyestuff is a zinc compound, and zinc in small traces may possibly be fixed by the material, but this metal is not known to be actively noxious. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
  • As for shellac polishes, benzo dyestuff serves as polishing down agent. 3. Coating Processes
  • Products from logwood formed an important source of dyestuffs for silk, and more important, woollen cloth.
  • In 1771, Edward Bancroft approached the Society of Arts about a premium for some textile coloring materials, including a red dyestuff used in Guyana and a dye assistant that would improve black and brown colors. 42 The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
  • In subsequent decades, a rainbow of other aniline dyestuffs were synthesized and made available to textile colorists.
  • If the term high-tech had been in use around 1860, it would certainly have applied to the industrial manufacture of synthetic dyestuffs.
  • He cited examples of two key raw materials namely phenol and aniline, which are required to manufacture leather chemicals, pigments, dyestuff and rubber chemicals.
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