Meaning

(chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
2. (countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineralogy) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
3. (slang) Money, specially when used as a bribe.
4. (countable, informal) A soap opera.
5. (countable) A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
6. (transitive) To apply soap to in washing.
7. (transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.
8. (transitive, informal) To be discreet about (a topic).

Example Sentences

I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.

Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.

Those kids soaped my windows!

'Time? Doesn't have much meaning when they're trying to dry you out. I rather think they gave me a shot of soap at one point.' Soap is intelligence speak for sodium pentathol.

Word Forms

• soaps
• sope
• soaping
• soaped

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