soap
A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
Noun 4 meanings
A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.
“I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.”
A soap opera.
A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.
Verb 3 meanings
To apply soap to in washing.
“Be sure to soap yourself well before rinsing.”
To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.
“Those kids soaped my windows!”
To be discreet about (a topic).
Etymology
From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).
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SOAP at a glance
SOAP has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + A 1 + P 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,273 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with soap
All rhymes- SANDSOAP11
- DOCUSOAP13
- KOAP10
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