soap bubble
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1.8
- noun
- /soʊp ˈbʌbəl/
:
burbuja de jabón
- Alex has run out of soap bubbles.
Sadhguru As a child did you blow soap bubbles?
- Sadhguru As a child did you blow soap bubbles?
- So we're nothing but a soap bubble floating in a bubble bath of soap bubbles.
- And that was that was, you know, it's like a little soap bubble that I got to get inside for a few weeks.
Examples
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A foamy mountain of soap bubbles oozed out of the drain, and as we watched, it began to creep ominously across the floor.
Fiction book (1999) -
Why is a soap bubble round?
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A soap bubble is round because it is the most energy-efficient configuration.
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Possibilities are limitless with soap bubbles and your imagination.
Academic text (1995) -
I asked students to talk about the size of a drop of water, about soap bubbles they have seen, and the different states of water, such as vapor and ice.
Academic text (2012) -
Sally waved as the water and soap bubbles swirled down the drain and said, "Ba-bye."
Fiction book (1994) -
At the birthday party, the children delighted in chasing colorful soap bubbles as they floated through the air.
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The artist created a stunning display of iridescent soap bubbles that danced in the sunlight.
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After washing the dishes, she watched the tiny soap bubbles rise and pop in the soapy water.
Antonyms
How Frothy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hollow, air-filled sphere made from a thin film of soap and water' is directly compositional from 'soap' (a cleaning substance) + 'bubble' (a spherical pocket of gas in a liquid). This is a common, literal compound found across languages and follows straightforward noun+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Soap bubble comes from a simple picture: a thin layer of soap and water makes a round bubble that traps a little pocket of air and floats. So, it means 'a hollow, air-filled sphere made from a thin film of soap and water'.