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saponary

saponary adjective: saponaceous; soapy or soaplike.

Adjective

saponary (comparative more saponary, superlative most saponary)

  1. (archaic) saponaceous; soapy or soaplike
    • By digesting a solution of salt of tartar with oil of almonds, I could reduce them to a soft saponary substance.1772, Robert Boyle & Thomas Birch, The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, p.397

Forms of saponary

comparativemore saponary
superlativemost saponary

Questions about saponary

What does saponary mean?
Saponary means saponaceous; soapy or soaplike.
What part of speech is saponary?
Saponary is an adjective.

Words near saponary in the dictionary

  1. saponaceous
  2. saponaceousness
  3. saponacity
  4. saponaretin
  5. saponarin
  6. saponary
  7. Saponi
  8. saponic acid
  9. saponifiable
  10. saponificated
  11. saponification

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