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Sanforize definition

☆ San·for·ize (san′fər īz′)

transitive verb Sanforized -·ized′, Sanforizing -·iz′·ing

to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments

Etymology: back-form. from Sanforized, a trademark applied to fabrics so treated: after Sanford L. Cluett (1874-1968)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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