soap dish
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soap dish
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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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
Occasionally he held the soap dish down until it filled with water and sank.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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