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sudser

1 6.3

A cleaning product like soap that makes many bubbles in water

noun
/ˈsʌd.zər/

: detergente

The sudser made the bathroom smell fresh and filled the tub with bubbles.

Examples

She poured a generous amount of the new kitchen sudser onto the sponge to wash dishes.
This sudser is great!
He prefers a sudser that is gentle on his hands but tough on grease.
I love this sudser!
The sudser created a rich lather that made washing the dishes much easier.
Using a sudser for my laundry helped remove stubborn stains effectively.
The sudser we bought at the store produces plenty of foam, making it ideal for scrubbing surfaces.

Synonyms

detergent

vssudser

66 2.7

A liquid or powder that cleans clothes and surfaces

can be that substance when its main feature is creating lots of foam

cleanser

vssudser

20 3.0

A product used to clean things, especially the skin, for example to wash the face

is broader and instead stresses producing plentiful foam for cleaning tasks

soap powder

vssudser

1 1.0

A powder used to clean clothes in a washing machine

is instead defined by its strong foaming action rather than its powder form

soap flakes

vssudser

1 2.3

Small thin pieces of soap that dissolve in water to make bubbles

is any cleaning product that creates abundant foam when mixed with water

cleansing agent

vssudser

1 3.4

A liquid or powder that you use to clean skin, objects, and surfaces

is narrower, highlighting heavy foaming as its defining cleaning feature

How Frothy

sudser

1 6.3

soap

320 1.0

detergent

66 2.7

cleaner

29 1.0

Surface Forms

sudser singular

sudsers plural

Morphology

sudser = suds (transparent) = suds + er

This is a straightforward suffixal formation meaning something that produces suds or foam.

Etymology

Sudser comes from suds ('soap foam') with the little ending '-er' to mean a 'thing that makes suds', so it names a soap or cleaning product that makes lots of bubbles.