shaving soap

English

A puck of hard shaving soap

Pronunciation

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Noun

shaving soap (countable and uncountable, plural shaving soaps)

1. A type of hard soap used with water and a shaving brush to create a lather that provides lubrication and avoids razor burn during shaving.

Synonyms

• shave soap

Related terms

• shaving oil
• shaving stick

Translations

soap used with a shaving brush to create lather for shaving

• Finnish: partasaippua (fi), parranajosaippua
• German: Rasierseife (de)
• Polish: mydło do golenia (pl) n
• Swedish: raktvål c