soap - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • scent: Rub a bar of lemon scented soap on upholstery to keep cats off.
  • perfume: In the garden phlox was still blooming, smelling like a perfumed soap.

Adjective modifier

  • insecticidal: Where infestations are severe, a couple of sprays of insecticidal soap may be necessary.
  • carbolic: You may have heard your granny talking about carbolic soap.
  • handmade: Natural Organic Handmade Soap At Best Bath Store Providing only the best natural organic handmade soap.
  • long-running: Long-running hospital soap ' Casualty ' , plus the multi-award-winning Natural History Unit, are both based in Bristol.
  • mild: Most people tell you to hand wash the fleece in the bath with mild soap or soda crystals.
  • liquid: Coat each side of the rubber mold with liquid hand soap.

Modifies a noun

  • opera: A: The Beatles Which soap opera is set in Summer Bay?
  • dispenser: Open the soap dispenser drawer to check that cold water is coming in at a decent rate.
  • suds: You should get a filter with detachable filter papers that can be washed in soap suds.
  • powder: A family pack of soap powder or biscuits tends to cost less per kg than smaller packs.
  • bubble: The nearest we all get to seeing multiple images is with soap bubbles reflected in our bathroom mirror.
  • EastEnder: Paul J Medford is best known as Kelvin Carpenter, one of the original characters in the BBC1 soap EastEnders.

Noun used with modifier

  • antibacterial: How to Wash Your Hands Use warm water and preferably antibacterial soap.
  • shaving: The best method seems to be a warm bath with some bath oil, and use shaving soap or gel.
  • Aussie: Aussie soap addicts are yet to come out of their closets.
  • TV: Choose from the rubbish single whose name we can't remember, or a book of TV soap opera quizzes.
  • laundry: Hand wash in ' cold ' water with a biodegradable laundry soap.
  • tar: The most exciting thing was Sid demanding coal tar soap, nothing flowery scented that Kathy might get suspicious at.

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