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soap
  1. (uncountable) a substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar or in liquid form, derived from fats or made synthetically
  2. (chemistry) a metallic salt derived from a fatty acid
  3. a flattery or excessively complacent conversation
  4. (slang) money, specially when used for bribing purposes
  5. (countable, informal) Clipping of soap opera.
  6. (countable, informal) Clipping of soaper.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “If your equipment is contaminated, wash it thoroughly with soap and uncontaminated water.”
      “She had unbraided her golden-brown hair and it was a mass of bubbles from the soap she had just applied.”
      “Dorothea was watching a soap on TV, sitting lifeless with her chin on her hands, uncomfortable on one of our two wooden chairs.”
soapery
  1. A factory making soap
  2. A shop selling soap
soaper
  1. A soapmaker.
  2. (informal) A soap opera.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “And when Snarl and soaper sit on your next play, they won't forget the lesson you have given them.”
      “With her sinewy shanks and thewy thighs, the new nurse in Pine Valley Hospital on ABC's daytime soaper All My Children could easily be a professional athlete.”
      “Dugmore claims Tyndale is the probable author of the anonymous The Soaper of the Lorde.”
soaproot
  1. A perennial herb (Gypsophila struthium) whose root was formerly used as a substitute for soap.
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soapflake
  1. (mostly plural) Soap in the form of dried flakes, formerly used for washing clothes.
soaplessness
  1. The state or condition of being soapless; lack of soap; hence, uncleanliness.
soapmaking
  1. The business or process of producing soap
  2. Examples:
    1. “The soap can be tinted or perfumed, if desired, with additives available from the soapmaking section of craft stores.”
      “Thomas Hedley set up a soapmaking business on Sandgate which led to the creation of Fairy soap and liquid.”
      “Women in Kenya, for example, have set up successful soapmaking and cell phone-rental businesses and other enterprises.”
soapiness
  1. The state or quality of being soapy.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It erred on the side of soapiness, but generally pulled itself back from the brink with effective and affecting medical dramas.”
      “But, I would say it does remind a lot of Six Feet Under, in the structure, and the underlying soapiness of the show.”
      “A Family Daughter is given a looser rein than Liars, and the soapiness sometimes runs away with the proceedings.”
soapdish
  1. A dish for holding soap.
soapmaker
  1. A maker of soap.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The soapmaker carefully mixed the oils and lye to create a luxurious batch of handmade soap.”
soaping
soapflakes
  1. plural of soapflake
soapmakers
soaproots
soapdishes
  1. plural of soapdish
soapings
soapers
soaps
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