n
Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap
n
A pooter (device for collecting insects).
v
(transitive) To store or put up in bladders.
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A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in the manufacture of salt.
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A soap-based product to be added to a bath to create bubbles.
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Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed.
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A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, originally made with olive oil.
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waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
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A kind of soap, with a hard texture.
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A cleansing agent; a detergent.
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(UK, naval slang) laundry detergent in powder form
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Any pouring device intended to allow liquids to be drizzled.
adj
Dried by a drum drying process.
n
A dust control device for use with a record player that sweeps dust from in front of the needle onto an absorbent pad.
n
The liquid used for dyeing something by submerging it.
v
(soap-making, dated) To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
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(soap-making, dated) (Development of) white streaks or granulations in soap, a natural development in some soaps once considered a sign of quality and therefore sometimes artificially imitated.
v
(transitive, UK, colloquial) To strike (someone), particularly in the face, with a drinking glass with the intent of causing injury.
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A specific formula of cleaning fluid for glass surfaces.
n
waste material in a mine typically used as a filler
n
(soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
n
A perfumed oil used in dressing the hair.
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A kind of soap, with a hard texture.
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(chemistry) Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.
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(historical) A 16th-century spiked mace similar to a morning star, used mainly in England as a weapon.
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A type of antiseptic soap designed for use in hospitals.
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Soap in liquid form, often placed in a dispenser and used for washing hands.
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soap made with coconut oil, formerly used on shipboard because of its solubility in salt water
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A kind of hard soap, made from vegetable oils.
n
A type of acidic hot spring, usually taking the form of a pool of bubbling mud.
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An ivory-coloured, almost scentless Castile soap produced in Nablus in the West Bank, Palestine, using virgin olive oil.
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In soapmaking, the lower layer of liquid produced by pitching, which contains most of the impurities.
v
(transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
n
(soap-making) (Development of) undesirable, hard white granules in soap.
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A kind of clay with a smooth, greasy feel.
n
A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
n
A potassium-based soap for use with seawater.
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A kind of soap with a gritty texture.
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A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
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A type of soap used with water and a shaving brush to create a lather that provides lubrication and avoids razor burn during shaving.
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(humorous) A can of deodorant, typically used when there is no time for a real shower.
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A strainer or colander for liquids
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A device for removing soot and particles of unburnt carbon from smoke by passing it through water.
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(chemistry) A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
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A thin layer of liquid (usually water-based) surrounded by air, such as that formed when two soap bubbles come into contact.
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The buildup of insoluble calcium or magnesium fatty acids from the use of soap with hard water, which leads to a dulling of surfaces and acts as a matrix for trapping soils.
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A gelatinous mass formed by soap mixed with water.
adj
(rare, literally, figuratively) Made of, or carved out of soap
n
(informal) A soap opera.
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A place where soap is manufactured.
n
An erotic massage that involves lots of soap and body contact.
n
jellyish soap made by cooking natural oils and fats with potassium hydroxide
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Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
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An extremely powerful detergent used for washing surfaces prior to painting.
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To use excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.
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The use of excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.
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(UK) A heavy-duty gelatinous, thixotropic substance used to clean grease and oil, etc. from the skin.
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A synthetic detergent, as opposed to a natural soap.
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(now historical) A type of soap made from olive oil and soda.
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(medicine) distilled water that is used to create injectable solutions.
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Alternative spelling of water cooler [A dispenser of cooled drinking water.]
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(archaic) Common soap composed of tallow, resin, and soda.
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(dialectal) A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
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