soap
noun
\ ˈsōp
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Definition of soap
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: a cleansing and emulsifying agent made usually by action of alkali on fat or fatty acids and consisting essentially of sodium or potassium salts of such acids
b
: a salt of a fatty acid and a metal
2
: soap opera
soap
verb
soaped;
soaping;
soaps
Definition of soap (Entry 2 of 2)
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Examples of soap in a Sentence
Noun
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.Verb
I soap my hair first when I take a shower. He soaped and rinsed the car.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Doctors and nurses used soap solutions for decontamination. — Will Englund, Washington Post, "Two victims of mysterious Russian missile blast died of radiation sickness, report says," 21 Aug. 2019 Unwin starred on the popular Australian soap from 1996 to 2000 as the bad boy Jesse McGregor. — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Australian Actor Ben Unwin, Star of Long-Running Soap Home and Away, Dies at 41," 21 Aug. 2019 In a two-hour class, participants learn how to make small-batch artisan goat milk soap using a cold-process method. — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, "8 Chicago-area classes for adults to take when the kids go back to school, from cooking to filmmaking," 21 Aug. 2019 His character, Jesse, played a major role in the long-running soap and was seen as something of a bad boy who was no stranger to a brush with the law. — Jack Guy, CNN, "Home and Away actor Ben Unwin has died aged 41," 20 Aug. 2019 The big attraction was Fox Hill, which, with the help of the Vernon Fire Department and some soap, was turned into a 300-foot waterslide. — Steve Smith, courant.com, "Vernon Parks And Rec Campers Celebrate End Of Summer," 15 Aug. 2019 Part history lesson, part classiest soap ever, the show breathed vivid life into events most people knew only from textbooks, if at all. — Clark Collis, EW.com, "God Save the Queen: The new stars of The Crown open up about the royal gamble of season 3," 14 Aug. 2019 On the teen soap that chronicled the privileged lives of Manhattan prep school students, characters spend a lot of time in the bedroom. — Ilana Kaplan, Curbed, "Why we’re obsessed with the TV teen bedroom," 14 Aug. 2019 There’s an all-in-one razor with a triple blade, soap bar, and a refillable mini spray bottle to facilitate shaving on the go, and neatly packaged, odorless nail polish remover wipes. — Akili King, Vogue, "This New Beauty Brand Wants to Make More Space in Your Makeup Bag," 14 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
At Halloween, kids soaped her windows and littered her porch with corn (a prank popular among rural Midwestern youths). — Tony Rehagen, BostonGlobe.com, "A Holocaust survivor built a remarkable monument to hope and memory. Now that she’s gone, who will remind us?," 16 Aug. 2019 When each shift of migrants had finished eating—a good meal of frijoles and some kind of stew, with salsa and hot fresh tortillas on the side—the volunteers soaped dishes in a plastic tub, while the next batch waited outside on the sidewalk. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "“Just Keep Going North”," 5 July 2019 Bush soaped down her new stepchildren and outfitted them with her own kids’ clothes. — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, "Abraham Lincoln’s ‘angel mother’ and the second ‘mama’ who outlived him," 12 May 2018 Justin Jones was soaping his 309-pound body when his phone rang. — Dan Woike, latimes.com, "Chargers break down where they improved most in the NFL draft and why they didn't draft a quarterback," 29 Apr. 2018 Kids strung ropes across sidewalks to trip people in the dark, tied the doorknobs of opposing apartments together, mowed down shrubs, upset swill barrels, rattled or soaped windows, and, once, filled the streets of Catalina Island with boats. — Lesley Bannatyne, Smithsonian, "When Halloween Was All Tricks and No Treats," 27 Oct. 2017 Wait for the drop while getting soaped up: This party involves fives hours of EDM music, thousands of gallons of foam, flashing lights, and roughly 7,000 people. — Tarpley Hitt, Philly.com, "The world's largest foam party and three other things to do down the shore, June 30-July 2," 28 June 2017 In the 1950s and 1960s, Bradley Group Showers marketed its water-saving column showers with posters of topless schoolboys happily soaping down together. — J.y. Chua, The Atlantic, "Bathing in Controversy," 2 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'soap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for soap
soap
noun
English Language Learners Definition of soap
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a substance that is used for washing something
soap
verbEnglish Language Learners Definition of soap (Entry 2 of 2)
: to rub soap over or into (someone or something)
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soap
noun
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Kids Definition of soap
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a substance that is used for washing
soap
verb
soaped;
soaping
Kids Definition of soap (Entry 2 of 2)
: to rub a cleaning substance over or into something
soap
noun
\ ˈsōp
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Medical Definition of soap
1
: a cleansing and emulsifying agent made usually by action of alkali on fat or fatty acids and consisting essentially of sodium or potassium salts of such acids
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