Chem. [f. ANTI- 7 + CHLOR(INE.] A substance used to obviate the injurious after-effects of chlorine in bleaching.
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 131. Sulphur dioxide is also employed as an antichlor.
1873. Fownes, Chem., 205. Much used as antichlores for removing the last traces of chlorine from bleached goods.
