soap-box

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sohp boks]
- /soʊp bɒks/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sohp boks]
- /soʊp bɒks/

Definitions of soap-box word

noun soap-box Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue. 1
adjective soap-box of, relating to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox. 1

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Origin of soap-box

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

First recorded in 1650-60; soap + box1

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Parts of speech for Soap-box

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Soap-box

soap-box popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.