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bath soap

bath soap

1 1.0
A bar of soap you use to wash your body in a bath or shower
  • noun
  • /bæθ soʊp/
translation icon : jabón de baño
  • She prefers natural bath soaps because they are gentler on her sensitive skin.

This is foaming bath soap that you can scoop out, pop under running water, pour in.

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Examples

  • I always use fragrant bath soap when I take a shower to feel refreshed and clean.

  • A couple of boxes of oils to Lucy's Spa, and three boxes of bath soaps to Miss White.

  • Once they came to our door selling bath soap, and another time they came around selling seeds.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Also, their liquid yoga bath soap is up there with one of my favorite bath products ever, ever ever.

  • Regular ol' bath soap could cause dryness or buildup after a while.

    Blog text (23)
  • That way I put the bubble bath soap in right before I'm ready to take the photo so that all the bubbles are nice and voluminous.

  • The smells of bacon and bath soap were still heavy in the air, and the windows frosted lightly from the humidity.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • So you've got sleep spray, you've got a bath soap, you've got pillow.

  • Hand them soup, cement their otherness, their "underclass" status, distance herself from those who need in order to feel better about buying the nice kind of bath soap?

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Blessing me with a whiff of bath soap and honeysuckle, she said the kitchen was keeping my breakfast warm and explained that the security team we'd hired to keep an eye on her during the day was waiting outside.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

bar soap
vsbath soap
4 1.0

A small solid piece that you use to wash your body or hands

is a bathing product meant for body washing during baths or showers
liquid soap
vsbath soap
3 1.0

A liquid used to wash hands or the body

is intended for washing the body during baths or showers not hand use
toilet soap
vsbath soap
  • Archaic
1.7

A mild bar or liquid used for washing your body

is mainly for body washing during baths or showers rather than general use
soft soap
vsbath soap
3.7

A mild soap made from plant oils for sensitive skin

is meant for routine body washing during baths or showers rather than medical use

How Clean

antibacterial
  • Specialized
1 3.8
bath soap
1 1.0
toilet soap
  • Archaic
1.7

Surface Forms

bath soap singular
bath soaps plural

Morphology

bath + soap

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'bath' (washing in water) and 'soap' (a cleansing substance): together they denote soap intended for bathing. This noun-noun compounding is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will easily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Bath soap combines bath, meaning 'washing your body', and soap, a cleaning bar; it named the soap kept for a bath, so it means 'a bar of soap for washing the body'.