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Definition of soap

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Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

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Abstergent :: Abstergent (n.) A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent..

Sapindus :: Sapindus (n.) A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces..

Sope :: Sope (n.) See Soap.

Seak :: Seak (n.) Soap prepared for use in milling cloth.

Smegmatic :: Smegmatic (a.) Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.

Soapberry Tree :: Soapberry tree () Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree..

Soapy :: Soapy (superl.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth..

Detergent :: Detergent (n.) A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc..

Phoneidoscope :: Phoneidoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations..

Cake :: Cake (n.) A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake..

Soaped :: Soaped (imp. & p. p.) of Soa.

Soapy :: Soapy (superl.) Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Smegma :: Smegma (n.) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.

Soapiness :: Soapiness (n.) Quality or state of being soapy.

Opodeldoc :: Opodeldoc (n.) A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils; soap liniment..

Castile Soap :: Castile soap () A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap..

Soapsuds :: Soapsuds (n. pl.) Suds made with soap.

Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..

Bruisewort :: Bruisewort (n.) A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey..

Soap :: Soap (v. t.) To rub or wash over with soap.