soap Definition
soap (sōp)
noun
- a substance used with water to produce suds for washing or cleaning: soaps are usually sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids, produced by the action of an alkali, as caustic soda or potash, on fats or oils
- any metallic salt of a fatty acid
- ☆ Slang soap opera
Etymology: ME sope < OE sape, akin to Ger seife < Gmc *saipo- < IE base *seib-, to trickle, run out > L sebum, tallow
transitive verb
to lather, scrub, etc. with soap
soap Idioms
no soap
☆ Slang- the offer, idea, etc. is not acceptable
- to no avail
soap Synonyms
soap
n.
Varieties and forms of soap include: solid soap, hard soap, bar soap, a cake of soap, soap tablet, soap chips, soap powder, soft soap, liquid soap, gel soap, cream soap, settled soap, fitted soap, soap flakes, soap papers, glycerine soap, saddle soap, wash ball, tar soap, lead soap, metallic soap, amole, green soap, brown soap, guest soap, perfumed soap, gum soap, middle soap, neat soap, soap root, Castile soap, bath soap, laundry soap, antibacterial soap, deodorant soap, moisturizing soap, naphtha soap.
soap Usage Examples
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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