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Soap Very Common

Soap has 9 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

"She grated the old bar of soap into her dishwater to help cut through the stubborn grease on the pots."

2

money offered as a bribe

"The corrupt official demanded soap before approving the construction permit, threatening to delay everything if his cut wasn't paid immediately."

3

street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

"The dealer slipped a small packet labeled as soap into my pocket, but it actually contained GHB."

4

A substance able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning, often in the form of a solid bar (bar soap) or in liquid form (liquid soap), derived from fats or made synthetically.

"The new intern quickly learned the SOAP format to structure patient notes during her clinical rotations."

5

sodium pentothal

6

Acronym of subjective, objective, assessment, and plan.

Verb
1

rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

"He rubbed soap all over his hands before washing them off under the faucet to remove the grease from cooking dinner."

2

To apply soap to in washing.

"She made sure to lather her elbows thoroughly before rinsing them off."

Proper Noun
1

Acronym of Simple Object Access Protocol. (A standard Internet protocol for exchanging structured information in a distributed environment.)

"The developer explained that they switched from SOAP to REST because the old system was too slow for real-time data exchange."

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cleansing agent bribe gamma hydroxybutyrate cleanse
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bar soap castile soap liquid soap saddle soap soap flakes soap powder soft soap toilet soap
Rhyming Words
oap no soap nonsoap docusoap handsoap buy soap sandsoap get soap bar soap use soap softsoap supersoap bath soap rock soap bile soap find soap soft soap glass soap bar of soap liquid soap
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