soap dish
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- noun
- /soʊp dɪʃ/
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- This set integrates soap dishes, toothbrush holders, wastepaper baskets, tissue boxes, and many items that are handy and luxurious.
- soap dish and toothbrush
- soap dish holder
- shaped soap dish
Examples
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Then we have this little marble soap dish that I used to keep my Beauty Blender solid cleanser on.
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There is her scallop-shaped soap dish.
Fiction book (2000) -
The soap dishes are always hard to find, and I never saw anything like you just posted; very pretty.
Blog text (31) -
Love your soap dishes; you are a very gifted lady to choose such a great selection of goods for your store.
Blog text (31) -
They were tortoiseshell, just like the soap dish you gave me for my birthday.
Fiction book (1996) -
Everything, from the soap dish in the guest bathroom to the floral trim in the dining room, bespoke good taste, a serene and comely aesthetic.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ceramic soap dish in the bathroom matched the decor perfectly.
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After washing my hands, I placed the wet bar of soap back on the soap dish.
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She bought a new soap dish to neatly hold her handmade soaps.
Synonyms
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A shallow round container used for holding or serving food
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small tray or receptacle for holding a bar of soap' is directly and compositionally derived from 'soap' (washing material) + 'dish' (a shallow receptacle). This straightforward noun+noun compound follows common cross-linguistic packaging patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The name soap dish comes from the simple picture of a dish that holds a bar of soap. It was named for its job: to keep soap dry and stop the sink or counter getting messy, so today 'soap dish' means 'a small tray or holder for soap'.