sls

1. 1.

   a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed

   Synonymssodium lauryl sulphatesodium lauryl sulfate

   Broadersulfatedetergent

Other forms of sls

plural

slses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sls

What does sls mean?

sls means "a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed".

How many syllables are in sls?

sls has 1 syllable: sls.

What is another word for sls?

Close synonyms include sodium lauryl sulphate, sodium lauryl sulfate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sls a common word?

sls is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.