Sop - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sɑːp|  American pronunciation of the word sop
Brit.  |sɒp|  British pronunciation of the word sop

noun

- piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid
- a concession given to mollify or placate
the offer was a sop to my feelings
- a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely

verb

- give a conciliatory gift or bribe to
- be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
- dip into liquid
sop bread into the sauce
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto (syn: douse, dowse, drench, soak, souse)

Extra examples

The company agreed to inspect the river regularly, as a sop to the environmental lobby.

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