sandsoap
sandsoap noun: a kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
Noun
sandsoap (countable and uncountable, plural sandsoaps)
- A kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
- He filled a basin with water, and, with an old brush and piece of sandsoap, attacked the stove.1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Mountain Blood
- Pa and the two children washed and polished all the windows, and Henry scrubbed B. Singlet's sign with sandsoap and a brush.1988, Mary Steele, Mallyroot's Pub at Misery Ponds, Ringwood: Puffin Books, page 71
Forms of sandsoap
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Origin of sandsoap
From sand + soap.
Questions about sandsoap
- What does sandsoap mean?
- Sandsoap means a kind of soap with embedded grains of sand, giving it a coarse, gritty texture, and used for exfoliation or for scrubbing residue from smooth surfaces such as pots and pans.
- What part of speech is sandsoap?
- Sandsoap is a noun.
- What is the plural of sandsoap?
- The plural of sandsoap is sandsoaps.
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