soap dish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soap dish
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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A singing "brussel sprout", Italy's soft play area and a man in a soap dish: just some of the highlights, according to Graham Norton, of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
From BBC • May 13, 2023
These nurdles, the common currency of the plastics industry, then became the soap dish.
From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022
With a few Serbians in red and blue mixed in, they had emptied out toward Lusail Stadium, the futuristic structure that by night kind of resembles a lit-up soap dish.
From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022
The other fixtures, those necessary accessories — the soap dish, the cup holder, the towel rack, the toilet paper holder — are tile-glazed too.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Sinita grabbed her towel and soap dish from her night table and joined the exodus.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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