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soap dish

American  

noun

  1. a dish designed to hold a bar of soap, especially as a bathroom or kitchen fixture attached to a sink, lavatory, or bathtub.


Etymology

Origin of soap dish

First recorded in 1830–40

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"We go for an 85% handmade policy, so even if people who perhaps make soaps, they buy in a soap dish because they're not a ceramicist, that's fine, because it complements the product."

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

These nurdles, the common currency of the plastics industry, then became the soap dish.

From Scientific American Dec. 13, 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

An aqua tone is everywhere, from the cutlery handles to the soap dish.

From Washington Post Dec. 20, 2021

Finny hobbled over to the dresser and took up his soap dish.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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