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soft soap

soft soap noun: any jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide. Also the alternative form of soft-soap.

soft soap: any jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide
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Noun

soft soap (countable and uncountable, plural soft soaps)

  1. Any jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.
  2. Any fluid or semifluid soap.

Also used as

soft soap is also the alternative form of soft-soap.

Synonyms of soft soap

Forms of soft soap

Noun
pluralsoft soaps
Verb
third-person singular presentsoft soaps
present participlesoft soaping
past participlesoft soaped
pastsoft soaped

Questions about soft soap

What does soft soap mean?
Soft soap means any jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide.
What part of speech is soft soap?
Soft soap is a noun.
What is the plural of soft soap?
The plural of soft soap is soft soaps.

Words near soft soap in the dictionary

  1. soft signs
  2. soft skill
  3. soft skills
  4. soft snap
  5. soft snaps
  6. soft soap
  7. soft soaped
  8. soft soaping
  9. soft soaps
  10. soft spot
  11. soft spots

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