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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cleanser
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ household cleansers
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A similar title in current use is' sanitary cleanser, which could describe anything.
▪ As we learned in Bosnia, leaving ethnic cleansers unchecked causes more trouble down the line.
▪ It was the cleanser of the future.
▪ Mop up turkey juices with a paper towel, then use an antibacterial cleanser to wash down the counter and sink.
▪ Oil-free creams, cleansers and toners are also available.
▪ There was a strong odor of cleanser.
▪ These gentle creamy cleansers may be the answer.
▪ Very dry and sensitive skins can not use alcohol-based cleansers and may even find water-cleansing too much.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cleanser

Cleanser \Cleans"er\ (kl[e^]nz"[~e]r), n. [AS. cl[=ae]nsere.] One who, or that which, cleanses; especially, a detergent or other preparation used for cleaning.
--Arbuthnot.

Syn: cleansing agent, cleaner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cleanser

1520s, "a purgative;" 1560s, "one who cleans," agent noun from cleanse (v.). Meaning "thing that cleanses" is from late 14c. Old English had clænsere "priest."

Wiktionary
cleanser

n. Something that cleanses, such as a detergent.

WordNet
cleanser

n. a preparation used in cleaning something [syn: cleansing agent, cleaner]

Wikipedia
Cleanser

A cleanser is a facial care product that is used to remove make-up, dead skin cells, oil, dirt, and other types of pollutants from the skin of the face. This helps to unclog pores and prevent skin conditions such as acne. A cleanser can be used as part of a skin care regimen together with a toner and moisturizer.

Using a cleanser to remove dirt is considered to be a better alternative to bar soap or another form of skin cleanser not specifically formulated for the face for the following reasons:

  • Bar soap has a high pH (in the area of 9 to 10), and the skin's surface pH is on average 4.7. This means that soap can change the balance present in the skin to favor the overgrowth of some types of bacteria, increasing acne.
  • Bar cleansers have thickeners that allow them to assume a bar shape. These thickeners can clog pores, leading to acne.
  • Using bar soap on the face can remove natural oils from the skin that form a barrier against water loss. This causes the sebaceous glands to subsequently overproduce oil, a condition known as reactive seborrhoea, which will lead to clogged pores. In order to prevent drying out the skin, many cleansers incorporate moisturizers.

Usage examples of "cleanser".

The place still smelled like a barracks: old leather, dubbin, tons of aging paper in file cabinets, floor wax, and the pine-scented cleanser the British had used in the cells, all too familiar to McGarr whose official responsibilities had made the Castle the part of his life he enjoyed least.

Henceforth, be it the lot of Loxias, Our mighty lord, himself to deal with them: True prophet-healer he, and portent-seer, And for all others cleanser of their homes.

Its berries are more acid than the garden Strawberry, and make an excellent cleanser of the teeth, the acid juice dissolving incrustations of tartar without injuring the enamel.

The water that drips out contains sodium hydroxide, lye, which is a stronger cleanser.

The doors rebounded, popped open, and the overfull trash basket toppled, scattering its contents, knocking the cleansers and the can of oven cleaner onto the floor with a clatter.

Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, com plasters.

Depilatories, salves, foot powder, styptic pencils, mouthwash, cotton swabs for the ears, deodorants for the armpit, deodorants for the male and female crotch, acne cream medication, sinus remedies, denture cleansers, laxatives, corn plasters.

If they were trained and motivated, one simply did not care that they learned their skills as Angolan mercenaries, as Bosnia ethnic cleansers, or in one of those surprisingly good training facilities operated by gentlemen of the Muslim persuasion.

In the spacious anteroom are three-way floor-length mirrors, a long vanity with tissues and cotton balls and individual mirrors, dispensers for lotions and astringent cleansers, little squirt bottles of antistatic and hairspray, nail buffers, a vending machine dispensing individual vials of various scents at a cost per ounce as exorbitant as if it were Parisian perfume.

Lava lamps, kidney-shaped plastic tables, a lampshade made out of Bon Ami and Ajax cleanser cartons, wrought-iron and black-canvas chairs you sank down into like hammocks, an old Motorola console TV.

It stank of oil and metal, industrial cleansers and decaying junk food.

In the bathroom, I found a can of Comet so close to empty the remaining cleanser had formed pellets that rattled around the bottom like dried peas.

So I waltz out in my tiny French maid's outfit with my tiny basket of cleansers and sponges and I have to yell as loud as I can into his left ear, 'No, no, Mr.

Rolling Stone , who is in no way cut out to be a road journalist, invokes the soul-killing anonymity of chain hotels, the rooms' terrible transient sameness: the ubiquitous floral design of the bedspreads, the multiple low-watt lamps, the pallid artwork bolted to the wall, the schizoid whisper of ventilation, the sad shag carpet, the smell of alien cleansers, the Kleenex dispensed from the wall, the automated wakeup call, the lightproof curtains, the windows that do not openever.

Alone in the diner rest room, alone with the stink of Lysol and piss and little blue cakes of toilet cleanser, Alvin leaned over the sink again and splashed his face with the icy cold water gurgling halfheartedly from the tap.