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- [sohp]
- /soʊp/
- /səʊp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sohp]
- /soʊp/
Definitions of soap word
- noun soap a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat. 2
- noun soap any metallic salt of an acid derived from a fat. 2
- noun soap Slang. money, especially as used for bribery in politics. 2
- noun soap Slang.. Also, soaper. soap opera. 2
- noun soap bar of soap for cleaning body 1
- noun soap detergent for washing clothes 1
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Origin of soap
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English sope, Old English sāpe, cognate with German Seife, Dutch zeep, all < West Germanic (perhaps ≫ Latin sāpō; cf. saponify)
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Parts of speech for Soap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
soap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
soap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for soap
noun soap
- abstergent — cleansing or scouring
- cleaner — A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
- cleanser — A cleanser is a liquid or cream that you use for cleaning your skin.
- disinfectant — any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objects to destroy or inhibit the growth of harmful organisms.
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
verb soap
- bathe — If you bathe in a sea, river, or lake, you swim, play, or wash yourself in it. Birds and animals can also bathe.
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- buttering — the fatty portion of milk, separating as a soft whitish or yellowish solid when milk or cream is agitated or churned.
- cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
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