Soap - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |səʊp|  American pronunciation of the word soap
Brit.  |səʊp|  British pronunciation of the word soap

noun

- a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats
- money offered as a bribe
- street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate (syn: scoop)

verb

- rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning (syn: lather)

Extra examples

Make sure you use soap and water to wash your hands.

The store sells many different brands of liquid soaps.

Her first acting job was on a soap.

Wash thoroughly with soap and water.

I need to buy a few household items like soap.

I soap my hair first when I take a shower.

The cut should be cleansed gently with mild soap and water.

...deterge the surface using an industrial-strength commercial soap...

...a soap that promises to help me exfoliate all that dry, flaky skin I've apparently been carrying around...

The soap and water formed a lot of lather.

The soap and water formed a lather.

...those moonstruck mummers on TV soap operas who have more hair than talent...

He rinsed the soap out of the cup.

Blinded by the steam, he had to fish around for the soap in his bath.

Before washing the clothes, froth up the soap mixture.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: soap
he/she/it: soaps
present participle: soaping
past tense: soaped
past participle: soaped
noun
singular: soap
plural: soaps
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