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soapmaker

soapmaker

2.3
A person or company that makes soap to sell
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊpˌmeɪkər/
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  • I've been having some problems with my website (courtesy of the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild).

Examples

  • For other sensitive folk, I am a new soapmaker from Australia and found an allergy-free soft soap recipe in Alan Hayes' book.

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  • As a professional soapmaker, she creates unique handcrafted soaps using natural ingredients.

  • The soapmaker taught a workshop to share her techniques for making aromatic bath products.

  • After years of experience, he opened his own shop as a soapmaker, selling a variety of scented soaps.

Synonyms

soaper
vssoapmaker
1 3.6

A person or company that makes and sells soap

focuses on professionally making soap rather than selling it

How Professional

soapmaker
2.3
hobbyist
12 3.5

Surface Forms

soapmaker singular
soapmakers plural

Morphology

soapmaker = make (transparent) = soap + make + er

The suffix '-er' is transparently used to denote a person or entity that performs the action of making.

Etymology

The word soapmaker is a simple compound: soap means 'a cleaning bar' and maker means 'someone who makes things'. So a soapmaker is a person or business that 'makes soap', often by mixing animal fat and wood ashes to make bars for washing.