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Definition of soap
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of soap is as below...
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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Saponaceous
::
Saponaceous
(a.)
Resembling
soap;
having
the
qualities
of soap;
soapy.
Sope
::
Sope (n.) See Soap.
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..
Seak
::
Seak (n.) Soap
prepared
for use in
milling
cloth.
Hardness
::
Hardness
(n.) The
peculiar
quality
exhibited
by water which has
mineral
salts
dissolved
in it. Such water forms an
insoluble
compound
with soap, and is hence unfit for
washing
purposes..
Soap
::
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..
Soaping
::
Soaping
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soa.
Soapy
::
Soapy
(superl.)
Smeared
with soap;
covered
with soap.
Saponify
::
Saponify
(v. t.) To
convert
into soap, as
tallow
or any fat; hence
(Chem.),
to
subject
to any
similar
process,
as that which
ethereal
salts
undergo
in
decomposition;
as, to
saponify
ethyl
acetate..
Sued
::
Suds (n. pl.) Water
impregnated
with soap, esp. when
worked
up into
bubbles
and
froth..
Saponin
::
Saponin
(n.) A
poisonous
glucoside
found in many
plants,
as in the root of
soapwort
(Saponaria),
in the bark of soap bark
(Quillaia),
etc. It is
extracted
as a white
amorphous
powder,
which
occasions
a soapy
lather
in
solution,
and
produces
a local
anaesthesia.
Formerly
called
also
struthiin,
quillaiin,
senegin,
polygalic
acid, etc. By
extension,
any one of a group of
related
bodies
of which
saponin
proper
is the
type..
Bar
::
Bar (n.) An
indefinite
quantity
of some
substance,
so
shaped
as to be long in
proportion
to its
breadth
and
thickness;
as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of
soap..
Soapwort
::
Soapwort
(n.) A
common
plant
(Saponaria
officinalis)
of the Pink
family;
-- so
called
because
its
bruised
leaves,
when
agitated
in
water,
produce
a
lather
like that from soap.
Called
also
Bouncing
Bet..
Bubble
::
Bubble
(n.) A thin film of
liquid
inflated
with air or gas; as, a soap
bubble;
bubbles
on the
surface
of a
river..
Lather
::
Lather
(n.) Foam or froth made by soap
moistened
with
water.
Pearlash
::
Pearlash
(n.) A white
amorphous
or
granular
substance
which
consists
principally
of
potassium
carbonate,
and has a
strong
alkaline
reaction.
It is
obtained
by
lixiviating
wood
ashes,
and
evaporating
the lye, and has been an
important
source
of
potassium
compounds.
It is used in
making
soap,
glass,
etc..
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..
Shampoo
::
Shampoo
(v. t.) To wash
throughly
and rub the head of (a
person),
with the
fingers,
using
either
soap, or a soapy
preparation,
for the more
thorough
cleansing..
Saponite
::
Saponite
(n.) A
hydrous
silicate
of
magnesia
and
alumina.
It
occurs
in soft,
soapy,
amorphous
masses,
filling
veins in
serpentine
and
cavities
in trap
rock..
Quillaia Bark
::
Quillaia
bark () The bark of a
rosaceous
tree
(Quillaja
Saponaria),
native
of
Chili.
The bark is
finely
laminated,
and very heavy with
alkaline
substances,
and is used
commonly
by the
Chilians
instead
of soap. Also
called
soap
bark..
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