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noun ADJ. mild | perfumed, scented | liquid | carbolic | toilet | saddle QUANT. bar, cake VERB + SOAP use, wash (sth) with SOAP + NOUN flakes, powder | bubble, suds | dish, dispenser PHRASES soap and water
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun
cleaning agent:
Use soap on your face when washing.
Simple Definitions
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soap
phrases
a bar of soap
• She was washing herself with a big bar of soap.
soap and water
• Did you wash your hands with soap and water?
soap + NOUN
a soap bubble
• a sink filled with soap bubbles
soap suds
(= a lot of soap bubbles )
• She paused and looked at him, her arms covered in soap suds.
a soap dish
(= a container for a bar of soap )
a soap dispenser
(= a container from which you get liquid soap )
adjectives
scented/perfumed soap
• His hands smelled of perfumed soap.
verbs
soap lathers
(= it produces bubbles when made wet )
• Soap will not lather in hard water.
nouns
somebody's social life
(= activities that involve being with other people for pleasure )
• Teenagers enjoy an active social life.
social skills
(= the ability to deal with people easily )
• In school, the children also learn social skills.
social graces
(= good and polite behaviour towards other people )
• I had none of the social graces of my fellow pupils.
social contact/interaction
• Work provides social contact.
a social call
(= one that does not relate to business )
• Don't misunderstand, this is purely a social call.
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In addition to the idiom beginning with SOAP, Also see NO DICE (SOAP); ON ONE'S SOAPBOX; SOFT SOAP.
American Heritage Idioms