liquid soap

English

Noun

liquid soap (uncountable)

1. Any of various soaps in liquid form, for washing hands, dishes, cars, or otherwise.

   Antonym: bar soap

   Hypernyms: soft soap; soap, toiletry

   Hyponyms: dish soap, washing-up liquid

   Coordinate terms: body wash, cleaner, shampoo, shower gel

   • 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches -1”, in Railway World, page 399:

     One traditional fitting was retained however; liquid soap continued to be dispensed from the familiar glass bowl!

Related terms

• body soap
• facial soap
• hand soap

 

Translations

soap in liquid form, often placed in a dispenser and used for washing hands

• Finnish: nestesaippua (fi)
• German: Flüssigseife (de) f
• Hungarian: folyékony szappan
• Italian: sapone liquido m
• Romanian: săpun lichid n
• Turkish: sıvı sabun

See also

• wash one's hands

 

References

• “liquid soap”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.