vat dye

1. 1.

   a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton

   Synonymsvat color

   Broaderdye

Questions about vat dye

What does vat dye mean?

vat dye means "a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton".

What is another word for vat dye?

Close synonyms include vat color. 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 vat dye a common word?

vat dye 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.